Quarter Final: Germany v Italy

:00:58. > :01:14.Italy. Germany. Here we stand again. On opposite sides of the line. With

:01:15. > :01:19.history. A match that will live forever. The list of winning. The

:01:20. > :01:23.game is all over. The west Germans are champions. We made it the first.

:01:24. > :01:29.Italy are world champions for the first time. 1982 hurt. These

:01:30. > :01:34.disconsolate Germans came on sec best. But we responded. History

:01:35. > :01:48.makers, this German team. Here we stand again. And see the Whites of

:01:49. > :01:55.your eyes. Unflinching. Ours is the upper hand. German tears are

:01:56. > :02:02.starting to fall. The European championship is Germany's

:02:03. > :02:07.competition. Here we stand again. With leaders proud with passion.

:02:08. > :02:19.Drawn together for that which is most wanted. Here we stand again.

:02:20. > :02:29.Die Mannschaft. The Azzurri. The grand dual. Der grosse showdown.

:02:30. > :02:34.Italy against Germany is one of sport's great rivalries. Yet for

:02:35. > :02:39.over 50 years the Germans have never beaten the Azzurri in a competitive

:02:40. > :02:44.match. Antonio Conte's side will be looking to maintain that run this

:02:45. > :02:49.evening. Joachim Low insists his team aren't afraid of the Italians,

:02:50. > :02:53.despite the record. The three time winners have never lost in a

:02:54. > :02:58.quarterfinal in a European championship. What match we have for

:02:59. > :03:02.you this evening, in the company of three men who ompany of three men

:03:03. > :03:10.who would terrify any defence - a warm welcome to Alan Shearer,

:03:11. > :03:14.Thierry Henry and Gianluca Vialli. Italy are doing so well in this

:03:15. > :03:19.competition. They always do so well against Germany. You seem strangely

:03:20. > :03:23.nervous about it. I'm very proud of what we've achieved so far. We've

:03:24. > :03:27.had a great manager who've been inspiring to a group of place, make

:03:28. > :03:32.them play in an organised and effective manner. What's more

:03:33. > :03:34.important to me is we've revolutionised the way Italian

:03:35. > :03:38.football is perceived around the world. Not just effective but

:03:39. > :03:43.entertaining. Now we face Germany, the number one team in the world,

:03:44. > :03:47.world champions. It might be a mountain too steep to climb, but

:03:48. > :03:52.they've got vulnerability, as I will show you later. We deserve to start

:03:53. > :04:01.the match with a 50-50 chance. But you are their bogey team and our a

:04:02. > :04:09.superstitious man. Alan Shearer was sitting there and you moved him out

:04:10. > :04:16.Good long I'm not like that with England. Germany seem to be growing

:04:17. > :04:21.into this tournament. The change for me is Mario Gomez played inside. You

:04:22. > :04:25.have guys on the wing that look more balanced, if I can say. They are the

:04:26. > :04:29.bogey teams Italy, but Germany, like Italy, always find a way to do the

:04:30. > :04:36.thing that you think is impossible at the time. It's a 50-50 for me. I

:04:37. > :04:40.said the same thing about Italy-Spain. Again we are going to

:04:41. > :04:45.see the two best of the tournaments so far. They show what they do,

:04:46. > :04:51.however they do it. They set a certain plan and they do it. Germany

:04:52. > :04:57.needs another striker. They have Mario Gomez. He is scoring goals and

:04:58. > :05:01.they can move off him. I think the Welsh might disagree with you. The

:05:02. > :05:07.Germans have lost one or two key players. Yes, and Muller hasn't

:05:08. > :05:13.scored in this tournament as yet, so that might change tonight. Two

:05:14. > :05:17.giants of European football. I'm a believer in you have a nemesis and

:05:18. > :05:23.they are facing that tonight. There has to be something in that. We all,

:05:24. > :05:26.I thought, used to like playing against teams, you had poor records

:05:27. > :05:30.and good records against the teams. That's the case tonight for the

:05:31. > :05:34.Germans. A lot of talk that the Italians didn't have the individual

:05:35. > :05:38.talent to compete at this, they've proved that wrong. I think we've

:05:39. > :05:42.been a bit harsh and underestimated the quality within this Italian

:05:43. > :05:45.team. I think quite simply we are the best at making the simple things

:05:46. > :05:50.that need to be done to be successful. We do it very well,

:05:51. > :05:53.whether it is a flick or a pass, whether it is about defending. We've

:05:54. > :05:57.got an incredible sense of mutual responsibility. When you attack, you

:05:58. > :06:01.know you will be supported. When you're defending you know that

:06:02. > :06:05.someone will cover if you make a mistake. That's the spirit of this

:06:06. > :06:10.Italian side. Side. Look at this volley. Simply, we can do the simple

:06:11. > :06:14.things very well. Look at this defending. Great clearance. Simple

:06:15. > :06:21.but effective. Giaccherini going forward. We go forward with a number

:06:22. > :06:26.of players. Look at this strike. Yes we've got quality now onside. You

:06:27. > :06:29.certainly have and you have proven it in the tournament. These are the

:06:30. > :06:43.two starting XIs. Germany have become the first side

:06:44. > :06:46.to keep a clean sheet in each of their first four games in a European

:06:47. > :06:52.championship finals. Tonight they've changed their system and gone with

:06:53. > :06:58.three at the back. Joshua Kimmich will play further forward as

:06:59. > :07:09.wing-backs. Kroos and Khedira centre midfield. There are no room for

:07:10. > :07:17.Schweinsteiger. Mario Gomez scored 21 goals in his starts for Germany,

:07:18. > :07:23.including four in 2016. Italy, Gianluigi Buffon wins his 160th cap.

:07:24. > :07:28.He has kept four clean sheets in four matches for Italy, the first

:07:29. > :07:32.time since the 2006 World Cup. The only goal Italy considered at this

:07:33. > :07:35.tournament came Ben Barzagli, Bonucci and I can ky weren't playing

:07:36. > :07:40.together against the Republic of Ireland. All three are a booking

:07:41. > :07:49.away from missing a potential semifinal. De Rossi is out with

:07:50. > :07:54.injury. Parolo moves to a more central position, and Stefano

:07:55. > :07:59.Sturaro wins his fourth cap. Pelle's goals have come after the 90th

:08:00. > :08:05.minute. He's impressed alongside Eder. Two sides have 12 major titles

:08:06. > :08:10.between them. Including four World Cups each. Italy's semifinal defeat

:08:11. > :08:14.of Germany four years ago was the 8th competitive fixture in row that

:08:15. > :08:16.the Azzurri have managed undefeated. Undefeated. For Germany it is time

:08:17. > :08:36.to freshen things up. However I like your beens ground, 50

:08:37. > :08:51.years of hurt is hard to swallow. With England and Germany, when the

:08:52. > :08:54.English guys see German guys they fear and they can't explain why.

:08:55. > :08:59.That's the same with Italy. I don't know the reason for it. Nobody knows

:09:00. > :09:03.it. The rivalry began in the heat of Mexico. They called it the game of

:09:04. > :09:08.the century. In one frantic period of extra time, Germany took the

:09:09. > :09:15.lead. But it wasn't enough. This was really a nightmare for Germany,

:09:16. > :09:25.because we had the best team ever, Muller and Beckenbauer. We should

:09:26. > :09:35.have won this World Cup. COMMENTATOR: Muller! Western Germany

:09:36. > :09:40.live again. As long as people play football, they are going to talk

:09:41. > :09:53.about this match. 12 years later in the World Cup final in Spain,

:09:54. > :10:00.Germany were tortured. Rossi. The Germans torn to pieces. And how have

:10:01. > :10:07.position. Italy have won the World Cup. When Italy travelled to

:10:08. > :10:08.Dortmund in 2006 as underdogs the hosts were convinced it was their

:10:09. > :10:31.time. Scored in the 119th minute. Dell

:10:32. > :10:38.Piero has won it brilliantly. Germany's world is at an end. Four

:10:39. > :10:39.years ago ago in Warsaw another semifinal, another chance, another

:10:40. > :11:00.defeat. Incredible. It's Italy. So it is now

:11:01. > :11:03.eight games without success, but the current squad are keen to ignore the

:11:04. > :11:18.direction that history is pointing. Tonight, can Die Mannschaft swap

:11:19. > :11:21.their cold coffee for a vintage Bordeaux? It really is an

:11:22. > :11:25.extraordinary record that got over the Germans. It has to play on the

:11:26. > :11:30.Germans' minds, surely? I don't know, I hope so. If I was German I

:11:31. > :11:35.would use this match as an opportunity to change history, so I

:11:36. > :11:40.would be extremely motivated. You must have played against teams you

:11:41. > :11:44.went into believing beforehand you had a good record against them and

:11:45. > :11:50.it will go well again? Positive mindset. We are the best example,

:11:51. > :11:57.Italy and Spain. Italy couldn't beat them for a long time and they beat

:11:58. > :12:02.item again. It will stop one day. How do you break down this Italian

:12:03. > :12:08.defence? Very difficult, because they defend very well. You have two

:12:09. > :12:14.ways of trying to make it a 5-3-2, instead of a 3-5-2. You have two

:12:15. > :12:21.strikers. One on one side. The winger on the other side comes in as

:12:22. > :12:31.a striker, the other one also. You neutralise, and they shield you.

:12:32. > :12:39.Because Chiellini know, it is a counter. Or you have a winger that

:12:40. > :12:56.stays high and wide. Two actually. You see there playing with his subs

:12:57. > :13:04.but this space is high and wide. There is nobody behind him. See

:13:05. > :13:15.where he is. The shield is still in a good position. It is too easy for

:13:16. > :13:21.him to go. No danger, they do that to the T. Ir know it is easy to talk

:13:22. > :13:28.about how to play but you need to try to make sure that they are going

:13:29. > :13:35.to be full-backs. Not wing-backs. That makes a massive difference.

:13:36. > :13:39.Which brings us to you, Alan. The Germans have matched the Italian

:13:40. > :13:44.system, so you've got wing-back against winning back. But their

:13:45. > :13:50.theory won't change. They'll still expect the players or the wing-backs

:13:51. > :13:55.to give them the width. This is four at the back with Hector there.

:13:56. > :13:59.Giving width, getting balls into the box. Both full-backs, there

:14:00. > :14:05.wing-backs. One is putting the ball in. The other is in the box. Great

:14:06. > :14:10.width from both of them. The ball is into the box. The other fall-back is

:14:11. > :14:16.coming into the box and making the numbers up. It will be a fascinating

:14:17. > :14:19.battle today. I believe whoever comes out on top with this has a

:14:20. > :14:23.great chance of winning. No difference to the Italians. Three at

:14:24. > :14:27.the back gives the two wing-backs the licence to get forward, to give

:14:28. > :14:30.the width in there and get balls in there. Very much like the Germans

:14:31. > :14:35.what we've seen before. Two of them, both of them in the box. At every

:14:36. > :14:40.opportunity, which is key. They've got balls in there. Not only

:14:41. > :14:45.whipping them in but having it on goal as well.

:14:46. > :14:50.If if you on your own, it's imperative that you never go and

:14:51. > :14:55.stand up against one the centre halves. Standing between them. If

:14:56. > :14:59.one of them comes to you, stand between the other one. There has to

:15:00. > :15:03.be space on the line. Interesting how the systems have come back, now

:15:04. > :15:08.having three at the back seems to be the way that everyone is successful.

:15:09. > :15:12.The nights match takes place in Bordeaux, south-west France. 43,000

:15:13. > :15:16.fans will be crammed into the stadium with a good atmosphere

:15:17. > :15:21.guaranteed. Pitch side for us, Jason Mohammad with Martin Keown.

:15:22. > :15:26.Welcome to Bordeaux, the big question I want to ask this former

:15:27. > :15:30.uncompromising defender for Arsenal and England, which defence would you

:15:31. > :15:32.like to play on this evening? Very much the Italians because they are

:15:33. > :15:40.uncompromising, they love this system. I think maybe... I would be

:15:41. > :15:45.more appreciated in this Italian team! Chiellini, I love how they get

:15:46. > :15:51.stuck in. Bonucci, a far better footballer than I could have dream

:15:52. > :15:55.dog, a wonderful player. The manager, Conte, you'll see him on

:15:56. > :15:59.the touchline, giving them the instructions and they do it

:16:00. > :16:02.beautifully well. But look at this German team behind you, look out

:16:03. > :16:08.huge they are. They are massive, massive players, Khedira and Kroos

:16:09. > :16:11.in midfield. That may be a weakness for them, they are not very

:16:12. > :16:17.fleetfooted in that area, but great on the ball. Interesting to see, can

:16:18. > :16:20.the Italians pull it up again after what they did against the Spanish?

:16:21. > :16:25.The Germans have shown the biggest condiment by matching them, playing

:16:26. > :16:29.with three at the back as well. It will be epic, enjoy it. One thing

:16:30. > :16:34.you can guarantee is that Antonio Conte will be sprinting up and down

:16:35. > :16:40.the touchline very soon. I'm sure he will be, and there he

:16:41. > :16:44.is. Consolation for Martin Keown: he was always appreciated, apart from

:16:45. > :16:49.those of us who played against him! The road to the quarterfinals has

:16:50. > :16:52.been masterminded by Antonio Conte, a serial winner as a player and he

:16:53. > :16:57.has had more success as a manager, leading tremendous to three

:16:58. > :17:00.consecutive titles poor leading Juventus. He will be going to West

:17:01. > :17:10.London and this is what Chelsea will be getting. I like to fight, I am a

:17:11. > :17:20.perfectionist in my life and I want the best.

:17:21. > :17:29.We used to start no good in every great event. The feeling was not so

:17:30. > :17:39.good. But every single player, every journalist, people in Italy agreed

:17:40. > :17:44.to have a feeling about Conte. Antonio Conte was my captain at

:17:45. > :17:48.Juventus. Very serious player, very focused on the tactics. He didn't

:17:49. > :17:52.have a lot of technical quality but he was very smart on the pitch, he

:17:53. > :17:58.understood the tactics of the game. I think he's the same as a manager.

:17:59. > :18:05.He was the symbol of Juventus, which in Italy is the strongest team. So,

:18:06. > :18:09.he was the enemy for everyone. But now, since he became the coach of

:18:10. > :18:15.the Italian national team, he is a hero because of his determination

:18:16. > :18:18.and the strength and the team is very similar. Conte is on fire, and

:18:19. > :18:45.so is the national team. I want to play with my players, I

:18:46. > :18:53.like this. I want that my players feel me very close. And I suffer

:18:54. > :19:01.with them. We are so proud about Italian players, the Italian team,

:19:02. > :19:06.and Conte. This is a new way for us. Before we played in a defensive way

:19:07. > :19:13.but now we are proud to show that we are new, thanks to Conte. I have my

:19:14. > :19:14.philosophy, I like to play offensive football, attractive football with

:19:15. > :19:26.great intensity. It is about always Conte, because

:19:27. > :19:31.the players are not world-class players. So the coaching, for me

:19:32. > :19:42.Conte is the best in the world. He has done very well so far, hasn't

:19:43. > :19:50.he, with just one defeat, against Ireland. I must say, Chelsea Love

:19:51. > :19:56.and Italian manager but they might find out thing about him here. I

:19:57. > :19:59.think he is the perfect fit, from the special one, to the Italian one,

:20:00. > :20:05.nothing change. Will I think he will have a very continental approach.

:20:06. > :20:11.The players will have to listen. They have had a disappointing

:20:12. > :20:15.season. I think he will have to adapt to a different culture quite

:20:16. > :20:18.quickly. Also he gets a break at the end of the tournament. To me he

:20:19. > :20:23.looks the most exhausted of all of the camp. Energetic on the

:20:24. > :20:29.touchline! The front two, he has got the best out of them, Pelle and it

:20:30. > :20:36.Ayr. A good partnership and they work well together, which is key --

:20:37. > :20:39.and Eder. Very rarely are they more than ten, 15 yards apart, they

:20:40. > :20:46.understand each other's game. There are a mind that Pelle didn't make

:20:47. > :20:52.his debut until he was 29 and Eder, 28. They have adapted as a

:20:53. > :20:55.partnership very quickly and I've always found that the best

:20:56. > :21:01.partnerships are the one where you don't have to work at it, it just

:21:02. > :21:06.clicks. Pelle just steps out, doesn't hit the target but always

:21:07. > :21:12.looking to get his effort on goal. One short, one long, takes a touch,

:21:13. > :21:17.turns, both of them getting into the scoring positions. This one is

:21:18. > :21:21.brilliant, little touch, one short, one along, going behind. He should

:21:22. > :21:26.have scored, but as a pairing it works so well. There is the shout,

:21:27. > :21:31.he turns, gets the ball back and they are on the attack again. So,

:21:32. > :21:35.very dangerous, understand each other's game. One short, one, long,

:21:36. > :21:39.talking to each other and they look very comfortable. They complete each

:21:40. > :21:43.other, one of them makes the space and the other one attacks it.

:21:44. > :21:46.Interesting because they weren't really looked upon as being the star

:21:47. > :21:51.strikers of the tournament before it, were they? That's what happened

:21:52. > :21:55.when you are playing a good team. Talking about the teams going

:21:56. > :22:00.forward at the moment, they are teams, simple as that. You think

:22:01. > :22:04.there may be edging in the arm of the German defence? A great side,

:22:05. > :22:10.but their ros and weaknesses and it is up to to exploit them. -- but

:22:11. > :22:13.there are weaknesses. They are very tactically educated, they can change

:22:14. > :22:17.the system but sometimes when you move the ball from the middle to the

:22:18. > :22:20.side and back to the penalty box, sometimes they are caught ball

:22:21. > :22:27.watching, they don't mark tightly enough. Space between the bank four

:22:28. > :22:33.and the rest of the team, they don't like tracking back -- the back row.

:22:34. > :22:37.If you move the ball to the side and then back to the penalty box, you

:22:38. > :22:43.can catch them, I think. They haven't conceded a goal yet but I

:22:44. > :22:47.think there are some weaknesses. Sometimes it is easier to go past

:22:48. > :22:52.him, and again, players in the box that aren't being marked. Neuer had

:22:53. > :22:55.to make a great save. We need to believe that if we send players

:22:56. > :22:59.forward, we can beat them. Should be a good one, here we go, two

:23:00. > :23:03.heavyweights of European football going head-to-head.

:23:04. > :23:15.COMMENTATOR: Italy are the world champions.

:23:16. > :23:41.There are the two teams in the tunnel preparing for this possibly

:23:42. > :23:45.epic encounter. Thierry, you said 50-50, but if you had to pick a

:23:46. > :23:50.winner? Putting me on the spot. It is kind of the job! Italy have been

:23:51. > :23:57.terrific since the beginning, they are the team for me who can combine,

:23:58. > :24:01.defending very high. Germany can only defend in a certain way, very

:24:02. > :24:07.high. When they deal with crosses and in front of the box, they have

:24:08. > :24:11.struggled with Tiago. Italy, because of their record against Germany and

:24:12. > :24:19.how good they were against Spain. If we showed the Leicester and Wales

:24:20. > :24:23.factor, playing without fear, then respect and without fear, if we can

:24:24. > :24:26.counter in a fast way, we can hurt them, we can beat them because in

:24:27. > :24:34.football, nothing is impossible. They are the best in the world. It

:24:35. > :24:38.is Italy against Germany for a place in the semifinals. Your commentators

:24:39. > :24:45.in Bordeaux, Martin Keown and Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR: Thank you and

:24:46. > :24:49.good evening from Bordeaux. Famous for its wine, and a fitting venue

:24:50. > :24:56.for a game between footballing nations of fine vintage. We've taken

:24:57. > :25:02.a dip into the vault already, many memorable moments from Germany and

:25:03. > :25:07.Italy games. All pieces of football history, all with the same theme,

:25:08. > :25:11.Italy winning. The same again? Well, these German well champions have

:25:12. > :25:16.different ideas and they start as the favourites to go through. Then

:25:17. > :25:24.again, we've seen what fate can befall favourites at almost every

:25:25. > :25:26.turn in 2016. About to start with a tune that is the favourite of many,

:25:27. > :25:53.the Italian national anthem. # Fratelli d'Italia

:25:54. > :26:01.l'Italia s'e desta # dell'elmo di Scipio

:26:02. > :26:08.s'e cinta la testa # Le porga la chioma

:26:09. > :26:20.che schiava di Roma # Fratelli d'Italia

:26:21. > :26:32.l'Italia s'e desta # dell'elmo di Scipio

:26:33. > :26:36.s'e cinta la testa # Le porga la chioma

:26:37. > :26:47.che schiava di Roma # Stringiamci a coorte

:26:48. > :26:52.siam pronti alla morte # Siam pronti alla morte

:26:53. > :26:58.l'Italia chiamo # Stringiamci a coorte

:26:59. > :27:00.siam pronti alla morte # Siam pronti alla morte

:27:01. > :27:02.l'Italia chiamo gentlemen, please remain standing

:27:03. > :27:19.for the national anthem of Germany. # Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

:27:20. > :27:27.Fur das deutsche Vaterland # Danach lasst uns alle streben

:27:28. > :27:40.Bruderlich mit Herz und Hand # Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

:27:41. > :27:52.Sind des Gluckes Unterpfand # Bluh' im Glanze dieses Gluckes

:27:53. > :28:35.Bluhe, deutsches Vaterland. # You get the feeling that they are up

:28:36. > :28:40.for it. Are we going to get another Mario Balotelli moment? Marco

:28:41. > :28:45.Tardelli, maybe? Maybe we will have to wait until the end and perhaps

:28:46. > :28:54.the greatest extra time ever played, 1970, Mexico City. One change, looks

:28:55. > :29:02.like you can love -- Joachim Low of May play with four at the back.

:29:03. > :29:07.Julian Draxler has dropped out of midfield. He is unlucky to after his

:29:08. > :29:12.performance and goal in the last 16. Thomas Muller searching for his

:29:13. > :29:15.first ever Euros final. -- Euros final goal. He has scored ten in

:29:16. > :29:34.World Cups. Two goalkeeper captains. We await

:29:35. > :29:41.Gianluigi Buffon's presence. Viktor Kassai of Hungary took charge of

:29:42. > :29:48.Italy's win over Sweden. He hasn't had a game for 16 games since. He

:29:49. > :29:53.blew the whistle on France versus Romania three weeks back.

:29:54. > :30:01.We can all probably recite the people in of the Italy keeper and

:30:02. > :30:08.back three for their midfield shield has gone. De Rossi is replaced by

:30:09. > :30:11.another of Juve 23-year-olds, Stefano Sturaro. It is expected that

:30:12. > :30:19.Marco Parolo will drop back into the Daniele De Rossi role. In attack it

:30:20. > :30:25.is the old couple. Brazil-born Eder and Graziano Pelle are proving

:30:26. > :30:34.effective, if not quite in a typically Italian way.

:30:35. > :30:39.Italy's team will be wearing black armbands tonight. They are paying

:30:40. > :30:45.their respects to those who were killed in last night's terror attack

:30:46. > :30:57.in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Amongst whom were nine Italian citizens.

:30:58. > :32:09.Traditional colours, two of the most traditional teams to still be

:32:10. > :32:16.involved when a tournament gets to this late stage. Germany in white,

:32:17. > :32:21.Italy in blue. We've seen hearts broken, history made. Now here are

:32:22. > :32:28.the heavyweights. There'll be no romantic underdog tale to be told

:32:29. > :32:35.here. One of the big guns is going out at the end of this game. The big

:32:36. > :32:39.gun next to me is Martin Keown. I know you are looking forward to

:32:40. > :32:45.this, because it could be a defensive masterclass. It could.

:32:46. > :32:49.Germany have shown Italy the ultimate respect by switching to a

:32:50. > :32:53.back three. No De Rossi tonight. The Italian general is not available for

:32:54. > :32:59.this match. I think he's going to be a huge miss for Italy. First climb

:33:00. > :33:21.high came from Barzagli. Mesut Ozil playing for Germany for

:33:22. > :33:27.the 50th time tonight. Bonucci headed away.

:33:28. > :33:34.Already Germany have started knocking the passes around at will.

:33:35. > :33:40.They've gone to that wing-back. Look how high their wing-backs are really

:33:41. > :33:53.forward this game already. Joshua Kimmich on the right-hand side of

:33:54. > :33:58.Jonas Hector down the left. Bayern Munich and FCCologne respectively.

:33:59. > :34:01.Pep Guardiola moved him to centre-back and said he could be one

:34:02. > :34:07.of the best centre-backs in the world. Here he is almost playing as

:34:08. > :34:13.the right-winger. Joachim Low has paid respect to Italy by matching

:34:14. > :34:23.them up. Very much so. In that midfield, expect each to have an

:34:24. > :34:34.extra player in there. Hummels. Kimmich. Made his debut at the end

:34:35. > :34:36.of May, against Slovakia. Jerome Boateng scored against Slovakia last

:34:37. > :34:47.weekend. Certainly not pressing high early in

:34:48. > :34:55.the game, Italy. They seem bamboozled by the Germans putting

:34:56. > :35:05.out this shape. Hummels. And there's the first bit of pressure. Safely

:35:06. > :35:17.back to Manuel Neuer. He is almost like an extra sweeper at the back,

:35:18. > :35:27.server of the ball. Pelle started to look interested in Neuer. And Italy

:35:28. > :35:35.have it. Eder. The flag is up in favour of Italy.

:35:36. > :35:45.The referee wants a quick word with Hummels hum, who contested that

:35:46. > :35:47.decision. He is on a yellow card. Hummels, Boateng, Kimmich, Khedira

:35:48. > :35:51.and Ozil in the Germany starting line-up. All have to tread

:35:52. > :35:56.carefully. There are seven in itly side. Italy have accumulated more

:35:57. > :36:01.yellow cards than any team in the competition, you may or may not be

:36:02. > :36:10.surprised to learn. Italy now have a corner. Florenzi getting down that

:36:11. > :36:15.right-hand side side. Striking up a partnership with Sturaro.

:36:16. > :36:23.Bonucci is here. Chiellini is there. Bars stays back. Ini is there. Bars

:36:24. > :36:34.stays back. -- Barzagli stays back. Eder. It was Sturaro who tried to

:36:35. > :36:39.help it back towards goal. Neither shot nor helpfulness. Stefano

:36:40. > :36:43.Sturaro earning just his fourth cap for Italy. Antonio Conte watching

:36:44. > :36:48.him down the side. Pushing his team up. Here they are making sure that

:36:49. > :36:53.the goalkeeper Neuer is going to have to kick this one. It is almost

:36:54. > :37:01.like a chess match. He couldn't easily pass his way out of there. He

:37:02. > :37:08.still did though. Always finds somebody somehow. Eder... Towards

:37:09. > :37:14.Giaccherini. Giaccherini tried to catch Boateng out with a quick turn

:37:15. > :37:19.of shot. Italy corner again. See how quickly Giaccherini is on to this.

:37:20. > :37:21.His movement forward is excellent. Nothing like the player we've seen

:37:22. > :37:26.playing in the Premier League. He's far better than that. We haven't

:37:27. > :37:31.seen him for a while in the Premier League. Will we see him again, I

:37:32. > :37:35.wonder? I'm sure Sam Allardyce will have watched his performances out

:37:36. > :37:39.here with great interest. Recalled to the Italian national side after

:37:40. > :37:48.18 months out of the picture. He's had a good season with Bologna, on

:37:49. > :37:58.loan from Sunderland. De Sciglio, bars bars. Offside. German defence

:37:59. > :38:13.coming up well there. Ball going backwards. They push out. Put out by

:38:14. > :38:18.De Sciglio. Giaccherini. As soon as De Sciglio wins that ball he is

:38:19. > :38:28.flying forward to get into that wing-back position. Chiellini, De

:38:29. > :38:37.Sciglio. Defended by Hector initially. The only option was to

:38:38. > :38:53.turn it back to Neuer. Boateng closed. Gomez had to work to keep

:38:54. > :38:57.it, but here's Khedira... Muller tried to step across to win it, he

:38:58. > :39:03.did win it somehow in the end from Bonucci. A good battle, Bonucci

:39:04. > :39:12.against Muller. Did ever so well, intelligently let the ball go. A

:39:13. > :39:20.counterattack from Germany. Hugging the right-hand touchline.

:39:21. > :39:29.Taken from De Sciglio but out for a throw off the boot of Muller. He's

:39:30. > :39:32.one of the strangest quirks of football that he's playing in his

:39:33. > :39:37.10th game at the European Championships finals and hasn't

:39:38. > :39:47.scored a goal. And yet 13 games, 10 goals at the other big one, the

:39:48. > :40:01.World Cup. I just saw Parolo giving the ball away. Kimmich... Looked as

:40:02. > :40:03.though he had got it through immich...

:40:04. > :40:08.though he had got it through -- and Khedira couldn't get his stride

:40:09. > :40:12.sorted out. Is he the coolest coach in the tournament? He is at the

:40:13. > :40:19.moment. Wait until it hots up a little bit. He never sits down. He

:40:20. > :40:27.is obsessive about giving information to his team. Loves it.

:40:28. > :41:07.Giaccherini... Khedira... Turned behind and it had

:41:08. > :41:14.to be by Marco Parolo. A 1-2 from Khedira. So many good midfield

:41:15. > :41:18.players on the pitch today. Particularly for Germany. There are

:41:19. > :41:36.two of them, Kroos and Ozil. Ozil is going to have to work hard

:41:37. > :41:43.today. Kimmich... Gomez... Boateng... Eder is buzzing about.

:41:44. > :42:06.Kimmich... Hummels... Now Hector. Interesting

:42:07. > :42:17.watching the Italian defence. The back three never goes too far apart.

:42:18. > :42:25.Just defend off this attack. Ozil... Parolo... Good play there from Ozil,

:42:26. > :42:32.stopping that first pass, winning it back quickly. Nice touch too Ozil.

:42:33. > :42:38.Ozil has an option from the left. It was Hector. Italy now might have the

:42:39. > :42:43.chance to break that. Referee has ruled that that was not a foul

:42:44. > :42:52.committed by Sami Khedira. Took Eder out of it completely. Interesting

:42:53. > :42:56.there the Germans if they lose it, they are working hard to get it back

:42:57. > :42:59.again quickly to stop the Italians mounting any attacks. Pelle helps it

:43:00. > :43:19.on. Kimmich... Hummels... Ozil... It was cleverly

:43:20. > :43:22.done by Bonucci was on to him. Bonucci reads the game so well.

:43:23. > :43:37.That's what he's there for. That was a good tackle by Khedira

:43:38. > :43:42.wasn't it. Sami Khedira might have been ail to put his input into

:43:43. > :43:49.Germany's preparations, a Juventus man, he might have an idea how to

:43:50. > :43:57.get past the fabled back three and goalkeeper. They are like a symphony

:43:58. > :44:03.those three, all the one rhythm, one flow. They know their roles in this

:44:04. > :44:09.team beautifully well. The manager makes sure they don't forget them.

:44:10. > :44:14.Look at him there on the touchline. Continue continue a Juventus great

:44:15. > :44:25.of times past himself. Sami Khedira getting in a couple of times against

:44:26. > :44:33.that Italian midfield. Trying to get past De Sciglio. Wouldn't let him.

:44:34. > :44:37.The keenness of youth. Against somebody who has seen and

:44:38. > :44:43.experienced it all before and dished out plenty. It was that switch of

:44:44. > :44:47.play out to Kimmich. Talking of dishing it out, Chiellini, I think

:44:48. > :44:53.he would have had an idea he knew what he was doing when he left his

:44:54. > :45:04.boot on Sami Khedira's. He's had injury issues in his time, Khedira.

:45:05. > :45:14.Just trying to block him off. Standard challenge for him. Is that

:45:15. > :45:25.his groin? Thank goodness that isn't what was stood on! You wouldn't want

:45:26. > :45:29.to miss a player of his quality. Low is concerned about that one. He has

:45:30. > :45:33.had a good season in Italy, Khedira, but not the best of luck against

:45:34. > :45:40.them in the past. He injured his cruciate in a 1-1 draw a few years

:45:41. > :45:44.ago. And I believe he missed a World Cup final? He came back for the

:45:45. > :45:48.World Cup and missed the final, that is how his luck went, he injured

:45:49. > :46:16.himself in the warm up. Hopefully it isn't that bad.

:46:17. > :46:23.Italy throw. Khedira knows that his night is done. Bastian

:46:24. > :46:33.Schweinsteiger is going to get a run out a lot earlier than... Not going

:46:34. > :46:39.to say he would like to, than and was -- than was planned. He has been

:46:40. > :46:47.anonymous most of this season for United.

:46:48. > :47:04.That's nice and easy for Neuer. It would have been nice and easy for

:47:05. > :47:08.any keeper. Neuer straightaway seize the chance to put it somewhere near

:47:09. > :47:13.Thomas Muller. Forcing Bonucci to give Germany a throw in the Italy

:47:14. > :47:18.half. Wanting to stretch the Italian defence, not wanting them to settle.

:47:19. > :47:26.The ball straight to the front players. There we are, then. 15

:47:27. > :47:30.minutes played and Khedira, he knows his body, he knew when something had

:47:31. > :47:35.gone straightaway. That's a shame, to lose a player of that quality,

:47:36. > :47:41.but another one coming on. Certainly plenty of experience, hasn't he?

:47:42. > :47:44.This is his 37th appearance at European Championships finals games

:47:45. > :47:48.and World Cups combined. That equals the German record set by Miroslav

:47:49. > :48:15.Klose. Taking over the armband from Manuel

:48:16. > :48:22.Moyer, Schweinsteiger, too. -- Neuer.

:48:23. > :48:31.That will test those knees! Is interesting, looking at Hector and

:48:32. > :48:39.Kimmich, how they are really nullifying the wingbacks, pushing

:48:40. > :48:43.them right the way back, Florenzi Anders Giglio. So far I think that

:48:44. > :48:54.those tactics are working. -- and this Giglio -- and De Sciglio. Were

:48:55. > :48:58.you surprised by the change of team given that the Germans haven't

:48:59. > :49:02.conceded so far? Exactly, remarkable to see that but we've seen a lot of

:49:03. > :49:06.the Italian team. A difficult system to work out and crack and he

:49:07. > :49:09.obviously feels that he has to match it by playing the same system.

:49:10. > :49:12.Although it's slightly different because he's playing with two

:49:13. > :49:19.sitting midfield players and the Italians with one. Certainly worked

:49:20. > :49:27.in the match in Munich, a friendly match at the end of March, 4-1,

:49:28. > :49:34.Germany. Two sides that were pretty different than these that we are

:49:35. > :49:40.watching tonight played in that one. Four, five severities on each team.

:49:41. > :49:42.Germany need to improve -- similarities. Gomez and Muller, not

:49:43. > :50:20.seeing much of them at the moment. Very cautious, the Italians, not

:50:21. > :50:31.playing with that same confidence and the moment. Reluctant to play

:50:32. > :50:37.the ball forward. The ball ran away from Eder and he has to fight to get

:50:38. > :50:40.it back. He's a worker, though. Very good pace, Eder. So does Boateng,

:50:41. > :50:51.though. Again, Pelle and Eder and

:50:52. > :50:58.Giaccherini will loiter around the edge of the Germany box and make

:50:59. > :51:07.Neuer kick this further down the field than he might otherwise.

:51:08. > :51:24.Schweinsteiger closed well. Interesting, didn't panic, Neuer

:51:25. > :51:33.wanted to pass the ball out and he won't be rushed in doing so.

:51:34. > :51:44.Hummels, towards Gomez. He made a decision very early that he wouldn't

:51:45. > :51:45.get to it with his head. It was a great run from Gomez, getting

:51:46. > :51:54.between the two central defenders. Swung in near to Gomez. Important

:51:55. > :52:35.flick header away. Muller wanted Gomez to be on that.

:52:36. > :52:38.Gomez was still getting himself together after remonstrating with

:52:39. > :52:39.the referee because he felt he had been unfairly barged over by

:52:40. > :52:45.Bonucci. Picked off by Florenzi. Well

:52:46. > :52:59.controlled by Eder. Not quite so in control. Italy

:53:00. > :53:04.giving the ball away far too much. Being smothered by the Germans. Need

:53:05. > :53:12.to show the same calmness that they showed in the previous matches.

:53:13. > :53:24.Nobody making Iran. Bonucci can easily let it run for Gianluigi

:53:25. > :53:30.Buffon Matt making a run -- making a run. Much has been made about the

:53:31. > :53:32.difference between these two when you has really mattered, four

:53:33. > :53:39.knockout matches in Raider tournaments all won by Italy --

:53:40. > :53:44.major tournaments. I know you said that professionals don't even think

:53:45. > :53:49.about that. My Mac, you get on with it, it is a new generation. Looking

:53:50. > :53:59.at Bonucci. He has two strikers at the top of the page. Just click it

:54:00. > :54:04.into them. Chiellini has done that. Eder allover Boateng, who acted as

:54:05. > :54:19.if you most wasn't noticing. So strong, isn't he? Kimmich, the court

:54:20. > :54:25.-- the was caught himself and then he caught De Sciglio. Conte adamant

:54:26. > :54:28.that it is a free kick and having to be pulled back by his coaching staff

:54:29. > :54:34.when it is a free kick to the Germans. I think we are going to

:54:35. > :54:36.have fun watching him on the touchline at Stamford Bridge and

:54:37. > :54:43.through the rest of the Premier League next season. Fun watching him

:54:44. > :55:17.playing three at the back as well, John Terry in the middle.

:55:18. > :55:24.Never really likely to keep that in play, Kimmich. The couple that

:55:25. > :55:31.Boateng has put out of play, hasn't quite perfected that ball. Looks

:55:32. > :55:38.like Eder has some kind of knock. We are in the City of claret. And there

:55:39. > :55:45.is a bit. He has done it here, just fending off the ball. Running into a

:55:46. > :55:52.brick wall. And there's where it happened. Oh. I'm amazed it's only

:55:53. > :56:15.dripping. In strongly when Sturaro. Poor went.

:56:16. > :56:20.-- went. Conte is suggesting that Muller went in with his foot raised.

:56:21. > :56:29.Wasn't anything dangerous. Nothing doing there.

:56:30. > :56:39.Conscious that Italy are trying to slow it down. In comes Gomez,

:56:40. > :56:53.clattering into Parolo. A bad pass from the Nucci, and you

:56:54. > :56:58.don't get many those in a game. Sturaro won it back but the referee

:56:59. > :57:04.once a word with him. Free kick, Germany. -- from the new chief. The

:57:05. > :57:09.first lecture of the night is delivered to one of the less

:57:10. > :57:15.experienced players on the field -- Bonucci. Very late, that challenge.

:57:16. > :57:18.He hung his leg and make sure that Kroos caught it. An angry man,

:57:19. > :57:37.Sturaro. Every German player, apart from

:57:38. > :57:43.Neuer, in Italy's half. Dominating possession. As they have in all of

:57:44. > :57:48.their games in this championship, averaging 69% possession in games so

:57:49. > :57:53.far. Whatever shape they play in doesn't matter, does it? Muller

:57:54. > :58:07.trying to keep possession. Howedes conceding it.

:58:08. > :58:12.Kimmich, the wingbacks, getting back nicely. Yes, he gets forward but he

:58:13. > :58:41.must get back when he can. Sturaro, presenting it to Ozil. Well

:58:42. > :58:54.read by the Arsenal man. Hummels, even he is creeping

:58:55. > :58:59.forward. Looking to find Schweinsteiger. Heading in, but the

:59:00. > :59:10.whistle has gone. He is adjudged to have pushed the defender out of his

:59:11. > :59:16.way. Hummels again, another great ball. Just a little shove. The

:59:17. > :59:24.officials have done well to see that one.

:59:25. > :59:34.And that one's been spotted. Foul on Sturaro. Mats Hummels the offender.

:59:35. > :59:36.Hitly free kick, already taken. And that one's been spotted. Foul on

:59:37. > :59:39.Sturaro. Mats Hummels the offender. Hitly free kick, already taken. --

:59:40. > :59:44.Italy free kick, already taken. Can't get it past Boateng. Muller...

:59:45. > :59:49.Was grabbed by Parolo, but he's away from him now. A good recovery from

:59:50. > :59:52.Marco Parolo. Excellent. That's what he does well. He's got to pass that

:59:53. > :00:10.ball as well for Italy. Pelle, Sturaro. Good pace to find

:00:11. > :00:16.Giaccherini. De Sciglio outside. Parolo... Chiellini... Unfortunate

:00:17. > :00:19.for De Sciglio. It is even for unfortunate for Chiellini. They did

:00:20. > :00:24.really well to pick him out under pressure. I feel for their

:00:25. > :00:27.confidence, for Italy. It is important they keep possession well.

:00:28. > :00:33.Just building their way back into the game. Can't keep inviting

:00:34. > :00:40.Germany on to the whole game. They'll need to pack a punch of

:00:41. > :00:45.their own. Chiellini... Eder... Eder... Neatly down to Giaccherini.

:00:46. > :00:51.Giaccherini was already going to ground when he ran into the back of

:00:52. > :01:04.Kimmich. Trying to anticipate the decision. Bonucci... Suddenly there

:01:05. > :01:10.is more pace to the game. The interplay between Eder. Chiellini

:01:11. > :01:18.into the back of Muller. Advantage waived. Gomez. I don't think he can

:01:19. > :01:21.take advantage from there. The linesman is giving a foul there from

:01:22. > :01:26.Gomez. Just about onside from the initial

:01:27. > :01:38.through ball. No real dramas for him yet in that

:01:39. > :02:26.De Rossi role. Chiellini... Won't be too long.

:02:27. > :02:33.Kimmich... Bonucci... Takes the ball away. Giaccherini... Picked up by

:02:34. > :02:38.Hummels. Here now is Gomez. Muller...

:02:39. > :02:54.Sturaro... It is noticeable when Parolo gets the ball they are right

:02:55. > :03:05.on him, forcing him to go back. Bonucci has to play the ball

:03:06. > :03:15.forward. Dieing aly will do. De Sciglio... Giaccherini calls for the

:03:16. > :03:19.ball and it is blocked. That's the difference, Parolo making a forward

:03:20. > :03:31.pass. Getting lucky. Boateng, great defending from him. Sturaro...

:03:32. > :03:34.Eder's movement, he hasn't always been picked off by the German

:03:35. > :03:47.defence. Frustrated that he is not able to

:03:48. > :03:52.find Giaccherini with that one. Boateng is reading it. Sees the

:03:53. > :04:00.danger so quickly there. Uses his athleticism to win that one.

:04:01. > :04:18.Schweinsteiger... Kimmich... A little unnerved over the last couple

:04:19. > :04:27.of minutes. Words of encouragement from Joachim Low.

:04:28. > :04:40.Ten years ago he came into the job, following Klinsmann after the 2006

:04:41. > :04:41.World Cup. England did the same, as Steve McLaren took charge of

:04:42. > :04:53.Sven-Goran Eriksson. Muller... Strong enough to stay

:04:54. > :05:42.upright. Ozil... Change of direction.

:05:43. > :05:48.Couldn't see him making any ground. It was a tactical stalemate.

:05:49. > :05:53.Kimmich... Challenged by De Sciglio, who has another go. Significantly De

:05:54. > :06:01.Sciglio is doing all of his work this the final third. Third. Against

:06:02. > :06:04.Spain he was in the attacking third. This is the third quarterfinal. The

:06:05. > :06:10.last one tomorrow, France versus Iceland. Highlights on BBC One at

:06:11. > :06:15.10.45pm. And you can see the winner of this match against the winners of

:06:16. > :06:22.that one in the semifinal on Thursday, 7.30pm, BBC One.

:06:23. > :06:33.Boateng away from Pelle. Giaccherini is on to it.

:06:34. > :06:43.Wins Italy a throw in. How on earth did Emanuele Giaccherini struggle to

:06:44. > :06:50.get a game in the Premier League? He's inspired playing under this

:06:51. > :06:56.manager. It is Conte who signed him from Juventus. Plucked him from the

:06:57. > :06:59.lower leagues. He's his man. He understands his role well. Tucks

:07:00. > :07:05.back as an extra full-back. Breaks forward when he is. He can score

:07:06. > :07:10.goals. He'll play a century at times as well. He'll play a century at

:07:11. > :07:14.times as well. -- plays centrally at times as well. Hasn't worked for

:07:15. > :07:20.Florenzi. He was too close for the touchline for that. Germany's throw.

:07:21. > :07:25.I don't think they are particularly surprised that it is stalemate. In

:07:26. > :07:29.the previous 8 tournament meetings there've been 18 goals scored when

:07:30. > :07:35.these have come together. Only three in the first halves. Watching,

:07:36. > :07:40.waiting. Somebody will bounce at some point, I'm sure. Neuer... Only

:07:41. > :07:50.just missed Eder's boot. Dear oh, dear.

:07:51. > :08:11.Hummels, easy for him. Kroos... Sturaro seen off by Kroos. That's

:08:12. > :08:16.deflected, and Buffon had to watch it. He couldn't hold it first time.

:08:17. > :08:21.It nearly, nearly allowed Gomez to poke it home. It takes a Irish Shea

:08:22. > :08:30.there. It's a little teaser. Bounces just in front of the goalkeeper,

:08:31. > :08:34.with spin on it. Just about gathers the ball in. I mentioned that

:08:35. > :08:39.Germany haven't conceded at the tournament. Italy haven't with this

:08:40. > :08:42.defence. Defence. The only goal against them scored by the Republic

:08:43. > :08:50.of Ireland when it was changed in the final group game, having already

:08:51. > :08:54.won the group. Chiellini doesn't want that ball from Bonucci. Put

:08:55. > :09:25.under real pressure there. Bonucci... Eder... Neuer's out. If

:09:26. > :09:33.it was a touch off Eder, it will be Germany's throw. Throw.. Neuer is so

:09:34. > :09:42.quick, the sweeper keeper as we call him. The German fans I think just

:09:43. > :09:47.outnumber their Italian counterparts in the stadium. There are a number

:09:48. > :10:02.of camper vans outside the ground. Hundreds of them!

:10:03. > :10:26.Barzagli... Pelle let it run. Schweinsteiger is running. De

:10:27. > :10:32.Sciglio can't properly stop him in his tracks. It's a decent ball in

:10:33. > :10:36.from Schweinsteiger. Well defended, Bonucci. No sign with Schweinsteiger

:10:37. > :10:40.swine of that knee problem which forced him out of most of the

:10:41. > :10:44.Premier League season. How coolly done was that by Florenzi? That was

:10:45. > :10:52.awkward, to say the least. He plucked that out of the sky.

:10:53. > :10:59.Kimmich... Barzagli got out of the way and more coolness from

:11:00. > :11:03.Alessandro Florenzi. It feels as if the Italians are just hanging on.

:11:04. > :11:07.They seem to have forgotten to have put their passing boots on today.

:11:08. > :11:13.Certainly Bonucci. A nervousness about them in possession. You say

:11:14. > :11:20.hanging on. We've seen one fumble from Buffon but no saves. No, but in

:11:21. > :11:26.terms of possession, I think on the break Pelle will get it right,

:11:27. > :11:39.playing out from the back. Too high for Pelle. Parolo quick enough for

:11:40. > :11:47.Gomez. This is the Italian way though, just to grind things out.

:11:48. > :11:55.We've seen some great football from them in this tournament so far. But

:11:56. > :12:02.not really seeing that today. Chiellini...

:12:03. > :12:11.Muller... The referee has ruled that that was two grizzled old

:12:12. > :12:16.professionals against each other. Muller and Chiellini have a

:12:17. > :12:22.difference of opinion about it. I wouldn't mind one or two personal

:12:23. > :12:29.duels to start developing. To hot things up a bit. If you could pick

:12:30. > :12:40.two out who would be bickering, it would be two of them, those two. He

:12:41. > :12:48.I said old professional about Muller, but he is still only 26. His

:12:49. > :12:56.76th game for Germany. He'll be looking for his first goal in this

:12:57. > :13:04.tournament as well. Kimmich... Gomez... It was a chance and a

:13:05. > :13:09.chance for the man in form. Good movement from Gomez. Getting across

:13:10. > :13:13.the front of the defender. Can't get the direction on it. A nice teasing

:13:14. > :13:25.ball in from Kimmich. Germany are repeating Italy's trick

:13:26. > :13:27.here. Now just wandering away from Buffon's penalty area.

:13:28. > :14:07.Giaccherini... Kroos... Muller... Boateng... A long jump from

:14:08. > :14:18.Florenzi. Here's Hummels. Hummels keeps it. Hector... Bounces it

:14:19. > :14:24.back... And it seemed to surprise Thomas Muller, who could only put

:14:25. > :14:27.the ball in front of Buffon. A good move from Germany on the left-hand

:14:28. > :14:31.side. Ball arrives at Muller's feet. Takes a bounce in front of him. A

:14:32. > :14:42.wild swing from him. There is the view from the fans.

:14:43. > :14:48.Doesn't seem to have the calmness in front of goal that we normally

:14:49. > :14:54.expect. Scored a career-best 32 for Bayern Munich last season. 20 in the

:14:55. > :15:09.Bundesliga and eight in the Champions League. Eder managing to

:15:10. > :15:15.find Parolo. Kroos loses the ball. Schweinsteiger in the way of

:15:16. > :15:24.Giaccherini. That has stung the Italians into life. Giaccherini,

:15:25. > :15:35.he's onside! Managing to keep it in. Neuer got a touch on it, Sturaro!

:15:36. > :15:41.And it's deflected wide. Germany, wide open. It's a fantastic ball in,

:15:42. > :15:46.isn't it? Just about stays onside. Giaccherini, keeps it in play. It is

:15:47. > :15:52.a stinging shot. Great defending in the end to keep it out. Foot out

:15:53. > :15:58.from the defender. I think that Neuer had it covered. Boateng's

:15:59. > :16:03.touch wide. It was young Kimmich who played Giaccherini onside. Just a

:16:04. > :16:05.fraction of a second late in stepping out of defence. Everybody

:16:06. > :16:18.is back for Germany now. Italy throw. Saw Giaccherini making

:16:19. > :16:28.that run that we saw against Belgium, when he scored. The

:16:29. > :16:32.Italians like to play that ball. Muller is grabbing his shoulder. He

:16:33. > :16:36.was rubbing his side earlier. Florenzi's Frei. Germany supporters

:16:37. > :16:42.are making it clear that they think the Italians are not being quick

:16:43. > :16:48.enough about things and smack throw. A bit of gamesmanship. -- throw.

:16:49. > :17:00.Germany free kick. That's the first really big chance

:17:01. > :17:05.that we've seen in the game. And ball given against Pelle, which is

:17:06. > :17:08.very harsh. He's trying to chest it down, something he does to good

:17:09. > :17:15.effect. Eder running across the face of him. Difficult to play against

:17:16. > :17:23.that. Florenzi decided he had to put it behind. He turns to Buffon and

:17:24. > :17:31.explains that he had little option. Strong running, actor, -- Hector,

:17:32. > :17:36.might have been able to turn it into the middle. Into injury time, one

:17:37. > :18:07.more minutes to go. Kroos corner for Germany. Cleared by Sturaro.

:18:08. > :18:25.Kimmich can't keep it in. And that will probably be that for half-time,

:18:26. > :18:32.although the referee is sprinting across to stop anything developing

:18:33. > :18:37.between Kimmich and De Sciglio. And there is the half-time whistle.

:18:38. > :18:43.Bringing to a close a half that has been, as we expected, really, very

:18:44. > :18:48.close. Nothing in it, two defences on top. Nothing yet to suggest that

:18:49. > :18:54.Germany can overcome their Italy kudu, which Low said, it is called

:18:55. > :19:01.coffin and we prefer a fresh espresso. We are going to have one

:19:02. > :19:06.of those now -- it is cold coffee. STUDIO: Very tense and tight, not

:19:07. > :19:11.free-flowing football, that's for sure, but one thing is for sure,

:19:12. > :19:16.tactically fascinating. Yes, it is, quite boring, actually, for 40

:19:17. > :19:19.minutes! It has been a tactical and mental battle and it came to light

:19:20. > :19:23.on the last five minutes with a couple of good chances. We've tried

:19:24. > :19:31.to confuse them, we have put them under pressure high on the pitch.

:19:32. > :19:34.Has it worked, though? So far the defenders have had the upper hand. I

:19:35. > :19:40.don't think there is enough tempo and creativity to serve the strikers

:19:41. > :19:44.properly. I think both teams have realised it is easier to create an

:19:45. > :19:49.opening when the opponent has the ball, just when it back and play a

:19:50. > :19:53.ball through. Not enough football so far. If tactical battles are your

:19:54. > :19:58.thing, this is the game for you because Germany have matched Italy

:19:59. > :20:02.up. Exactly the same systems, three at the back, giving nothing away. A

:20:03. > :20:07.lot of loose passes have been going astray, which is unusual when you

:20:08. > :20:10.consider the quality on the pitch. Looking at that, it's probably

:20:11. > :20:16.because of the high pressing and pressing from both teams. But very,

:20:17. > :20:22.very little to talk about, very little goalmouth action. Unless

:20:23. > :20:26.something deeds in the second half, they may need to gamble, which I

:20:27. > :20:29.don't think they want to do -- yips. Not only matching each other

:20:30. > :20:35.systems, they are cancelling each other out -- something deeds. A bit

:20:36. > :20:41.more Germany because they are forcing Florenzi and De Sciglio to

:20:42. > :20:48.defend and the back three became a back five, like we said. Instead of

:20:49. > :20:51.being efficient on the counter, Italy, they have 20 more yards to

:20:52. > :20:55.cover on the cover and they don't always have time to do it. The only

:20:56. > :20:59.time Italy were successful was Giaccherini making an amazing run

:21:00. > :21:07.and another one, we were talking about it. The wingbacks are now

:21:08. > :21:12.full-backs. Germany are enjoying a bit more the territorial position,

:21:13. > :21:16.if I can say. But still, nothing really to shout about. Not many

:21:17. > :21:25.clear chances, the highlights of the first half, here they are, two

:21:26. > :21:28.chances! Muller, wasn't it? He can't score in the Euros, it's bizarre how

:21:29. > :21:32.these things happen. Incredible when you look at his goal-scoring record

:21:33. > :21:42.in World Cups. He can't find one here. It was a decent chance, wasn't

:21:43. > :21:46.it, for him. He couldn't have the excuse of saying he saw it late, it

:21:47. > :21:53.didn't come to him very quickly, it is a snapshot. That sort of sums up

:21:54. > :21:57.the first half. Yes, this is our chance. I think it could have been

:21:58. > :22:03.similar, look at Giaccherini, similar to the goal we scored

:22:04. > :22:07.against Belgium with that pass from Giaccherini. A good opportunity but

:22:08. > :22:12.Boateng is very good in deflecting the ball. Look at the run forward,

:22:13. > :22:16.this is what we do. We encourage them to defend high on the pitch and

:22:17. > :22:23.then we try to get behind with these forward runs. Very, very good run.

:22:24. > :22:26.The high line of the Germans, the Italians have time on the ball, a

:22:27. > :22:34.dangerous tactic. The most entertaining part of the first half,

:22:35. > :22:38.watching Conte on the sidelines. The tactical battle going on, Thierry,

:22:39. > :22:45.the Italians have been forced into a back five. Yes, because of the

:22:46. > :22:50.positioning of Kimmich and Hector. The two centre-backs are occupying

:22:51. > :22:54.the three at the back. When you do that, you need to make sure that

:22:55. > :23:01.Sturaro and Giaccherini can run, so play Howedes on the other side. They

:23:02. > :23:08.have been playing too long for my liking, which is Italy. One thing

:23:09. > :23:14.they have done well, it is now a five - 3-2, is dead of 3-5- two. We

:23:15. > :23:19.can see what I'm talking about -- instead of. Space here, that's when

:23:20. > :23:27.you can make Giaccherini run for a long time. He will be tired. That is

:23:28. > :23:30.where he must stay with Kimmich. Now Giaccherini has to do a lot of

:23:31. > :23:36.running with Sturaro, which is what they have to do more instead of

:23:37. > :23:41.hitting the long diagonal early. The Italians pushing forward on the wide

:23:42. > :23:51.areas. They won't come up will they? -- they won't, will they.

:23:52. > :23:54.Schweinsteiger is now playing. If we raise the intensity, I don't know if

:23:55. > :24:01.Schweinsteiger and Gomez can cope with that. It seems to me that they

:24:02. > :24:04.are not particularly fast. There is something that Germany does ever so

:24:05. > :24:11.well, they don't allow you to see what's happening, to go on the

:24:12. > :24:14.break. Florenzi and De Sciglio going but they don't have enough time

:24:15. > :24:18.because Germany defending on the front foot. That might be wide

:24:19. > :24:22.because they know that with Schweinsteiger he can't run. They

:24:23. > :24:26.have stopped the counter very well. That's something that they have done

:24:27. > :24:30.well, they have stopped the counter, they have got men back behind the

:24:31. > :24:35.ball, they've made the tackle that they had to do. They know that if

:24:36. > :24:40.they don't allow that, then the Italians can and will hit them on

:24:41. > :24:45.the break. Because they have a bit more pace up front. As soon as that

:24:46. > :24:48.happens, there, that's one thing they have done well, I think,

:24:49. > :24:53.getting the ball back as quickly as possible. Getting possession back

:24:54. > :25:00.and trying to get into the Italian backfired. Which is what Spain

:25:01. > :25:05.didn't do, and that's what is key -- back five. We need to counter fast.

:25:06. > :25:10.I like what Hummels did, defending on the front foot. They don't like

:25:11. > :25:15.defending in their box, they don't. Slightly struggling in a game of

:25:16. > :25:18.football, you know when you are doing that when you centre on one of

:25:19. > :25:22.the best passers on the pitch, who is a goalkeeper! The German

:25:23. > :25:28.goalkeeper, Neuer, brie and footballer, once described by his

:25:29. > :25:33.goalkeeping coach, "I've never seen a better sweeper, apart from perhaps

:25:34. > :25:38.Franz Beckenbauer." He can pass. Left foot, right foot, he can pass

:25:39. > :25:41.and he isn't flustered, he doesn't mind if the Italians are putting

:25:42. > :25:47.them under pressure or it is a difficult pass. Left foot, there. He

:25:48. > :25:50.is very calm. That is what country is saying to the Italian players can

:25:51. > :25:56.keep him under pressure because he might make a mistake. This is crazy.

:25:57. > :26:02.He is quick in his head and with his feet, not only as a sweeper. Look at

:26:03. > :26:08.that ball, he's like a number ten. Not bad, is it? Do you think he

:26:09. > :26:12.could get in the team, on the pitch, rather than in goal? He might need

:26:13. > :26:19.to run a bit more but his vision is crazy. We like seeing a bit of skill

:26:20. > :26:25.occasionally and Renzi gave us a master these -- and Florenzi gave

:26:26. > :26:29.us. Difficult, with the front of your foot. It was a bad clearance.

:26:30. > :26:35.Look how he controls it, not the side of his foot. He is in his own

:26:36. > :26:40.six yard box. That has come from 50, 60 yards up in the air, that's

:26:41. > :26:44.supreme confidence for you. Ellie Little mistake, a poor touch and the

:26:45. > :26:52.Germans are in. -- any little mistake. I would have put him under

:26:53. > :26:57.much more pressure. He had too much space to do that. He shouldn't have

:26:58. > :27:02.had that amount of time in the penalty box. OK, it has been almost

:27:03. > :27:06.24 hours since Wales celebrated their greatest achievement on the

:27:07. > :27:10.football pitch, reaching the semifinals of Euro 2016 after that

:27:11. > :27:13.stunning victory over Belgium. Chris Coleman said that you dream about

:27:14. > :27:18.nights like that and for Wales, they keep on dreaming. COMMENTATOR: These

:27:19. > :27:23.Welshmen are living the dreams of the greats, who have never

:27:24. > :27:31.experienced this for their country. Here we go. Davis is in trouble

:27:32. > :27:37.here. A big chance, a big safe, off the line, Hazard. Off the bar.

:27:38. > :27:41.Taking the shot and he scores magnificently. Courtois with a save,

:27:42. > :27:48.to deny Neil Taylor. Ashley Williams for Wales! The captain heading home

:27:49. > :27:55.the equaliser. Wales are rocking again. Hazard... Towards

:27:56. > :28:01.Robson-Kanu. What a turn. What a goal! If that was Messi they would

:28:02. > :28:09.be talking about it for years. What a moment for Wales. Aaron Ramsey has

:28:10. > :28:13.got a yellow card. The referee has had a look and play goes on. He got

:28:14. > :28:24.away with that, Ashley Williams. In towards Vokes! Something special is

:28:25. > :28:30.happening here tonight! Unbelievable! Amazing, amazing

:28:31. > :28:35.stuff. Wales are heading into the semifinal. What a magnificent

:28:36. > :28:40.victory. History boys indeed. There are dream continues. We've got

:28:41. > :28:44.something to offer, we're not here to enjoy it, we're here to compete.

:28:45. > :28:48.We have spoken about the character, our first time in the quarterfinals,

:28:49. > :28:53.we were one down against a quality opponent, showing the strength of

:28:54. > :28:57.character to get back. They keep surpassing what they have achieved,

:28:58. > :29:00.which is a good sign. Tonight is a special, special night for everybody

:29:01. > :29:04.involved. Our first tournament coming up against the big teams, but

:29:05. > :29:10.we have nothing to fear, full of confidence. Put the bin out on

:29:11. > :29:20.Monday, I won't be home, I won't be there!

:29:21. > :29:21.Takes a bounce in front of him. A wild swing from him.

:29:22. > :29:27.Fantastic stuff. What did you make of Wales, Thierry? We are talking

:29:28. > :29:33.about the same thing every time. They have an idea, a philosophy.

:29:34. > :29:36.They stick to it. It is about the team, about commitment, desire. On

:29:37. > :29:41.the other side you see a total difference. Belgium, they are not a

:29:42. > :29:46.team. No individuals, no togetherness. No desire on the day.

:29:47. > :29:50.If you don't match the team, I don't care about individuals. You are

:29:51. > :29:52.never going to win. You need to manage the team you are playing

:29:53. > :29:57.against, then the individuals will make a difference. Not before. A few

:29:58. > :30:04.moments of interesting commentary from Robbie Savage. One said if the

:30:05. > :30:10.goal was scored by Messi we would be talking about it for years. It was a

:30:11. > :30:18.fantastic goal. A great piece of skill. A lot of composure. But if I

:30:19. > :30:25.was the manager of Belgium I would ask questions of the defenders. It

:30:26. > :30:30.is amazing. I was so inspired by watching Wales last night. The

:30:31. > :30:34.spirit, as Thierry rightly put it, was amazing. With the organisational

:30:35. > :30:38.spirit you can climb mountains and make miracles. They had a real lack

:30:39. > :30:43.of fear. They seemed to be really enjoying it. That's the key.

:30:44. > :30:48.Respect, not fear. We've seen defensive... It's the decision of

:30:49. > :30:54.the underdogs. Look at Leicester, Wales, Italy perhaps. Underdogs,

:30:55. > :31:00.Italy?! It is their passion and togetherness. But I will tell you,

:31:01. > :31:03.they didn't half play well last night. As in control of the game.

:31:04. > :31:08.That for me was the impressive thing. We knew about their team

:31:09. > :31:11.spirit but the way they passed Belgium off that park last night was

:31:12. > :31:15.brilliant to watch. What I love ant them, there is no fear. They are not

:31:16. > :31:19.scared of anything. They know what they have to do when they go on the

:31:20. > :31:25.field, you can see they know who does what. They all know their jobs.

:31:26. > :31:30.You can follow Wales's semifinal across the BBC on Wednesday night.

:31:31. > :31:51.The final quarterfinal is tomorrow night featuring France.

:31:52. > :32:03.This is as good as it gets here. Open roads, blue skies. One of

:32:04. > :32:31.history's most iconic cars, the original Ford Mustang.

:32:32. > :32:43.A tactical stalemate. Kimmich bounces it back. Sturaro deflected

:32:44. > :32:47.wide. It was a little bit dull, we'll

:32:48. > :32:52.confess that in the first half, but I've been handed a stat that will

:32:53. > :32:56.encourage us all. 15 of the 18 goals scored in Germany's and Italy's 8

:32:57. > :33:00.previous encounters have been scored after the first half. Including

:33:01. > :33:05.seven in extra time. It could get exciting. And it will, I'm sure,

:33:06. > :33:09.because once the game gets more physical and less tactical, there'll

:33:10. > :33:14.be more spaces, more chance. I think we need to be patient. It might be

:33:15. > :33:18.decided by mistake. When it comes to mistakes, the Italians normally

:33:19. > :33:23.don't make mistakes. That's tempting fail. I know. But I feel confident.

:33:24. > :33:28.Alan, what do you think can change this game? A piece of brilliance

:33:29. > :33:32.wouldn't go amiss from someone. But that's very difficult when there is

:33:33. > :33:38.not a lot of space in there. Concentration will be key in the

:33:39. > :33:43.last 10 or 15 minutes, because of tired minds and bodies. And one team

:33:44. > :33:47.might be prepared to gamble. The two teams are coming out. Doesn't look

:33:48. > :33:51.like we've got any changes, Thierry, but maybe a change in thinking or

:33:52. > :34:02.tempo? I think they are going to stay the same way. Alan mentioned

:34:03. > :34:08.fitness. Who is going to drop. Who is going to be a bit more tired. Who

:34:09. > :34:17.will run the most? We are about to find out. Back to our commentators

:34:18. > :34:25.Martin Keown and Guy brokenry. Thank you Gary. Germany the second

:34:26. > :34:29.youngest squad at Euro 2016. Italy fourth joint oldest. Not that

:34:30. > :34:36.they've shown any signs of being anything other than rock solid

:34:37. > :34:43.strong so far. It's Italy who start the second 45 minutes. It might not

:34:44. > :34:49.be the last 45. The way things are we are heading for an extra

:34:50. > :34:52.half-hour. The Italians need to push on their wing-backs as they have

:34:53. > :34:58.done at the start of this second half. Need to play like they have

:34:59. > :35:03.done this previous matches. Wide positions where it could be won or

:35:04. > :35:09.lost. The line-ups are as they were when the teams left the field at

:35:10. > :35:13.half-time. One Germany change, Sami Khedira forced off injured and

:35:14. > :35:20.Schweinsteiger swine came on for him. The ball given away by Toni

:35:21. > :35:29.Kroos. Not the first time we've said that today. Germany a free kick.

:35:30. > :35:35.That's one of the surprises of the game so far. We haven't had a yellow

:35:36. > :35:45.card yet. Sturaro trying to get that early press on. Unlucky there. Conte

:35:46. > :35:49.talked about these warriors. I'm sure he's been firing his team up at

:35:50. > :35:53.half-time. I expect them to be much better in possession. I know they

:35:54. > :35:56.can defend. What's impressed me is how they can handle the ball, but

:35:57. > :36:33.not so today. Boateng... Hummels... Schweinsteiger tried to flick it.

:36:34. > :36:40.Nice and easy for Buffon. 38 years old. Another tournament in him yet

:36:41. > :36:44.it seems. Not thinking about packing in until after the next World Cup. A

:36:45. > :36:52.lovely flick from Giaccherini. Played towards Eder, who is trying

:36:53. > :36:56.to tee up, Emanuele Giaccherini. That's the Italian spirit. They are

:36:57. > :36:58.coming out with the ball from the back at the start of this second

:36:59. > :37:34.half. De Sciglio... Over to De Sciglio. Eder, by

:37:35. > :37:39.Howedes. Much better from Parolo. Playing that ball dyingly ng that

:37:40. > :37:48.ball dyingly across the pitch -- diagonally across the pitch.

:37:49. > :38:04.Ozil set off. He couldn't be found. But Gomez might be. Barzagli there

:38:05. > :38:13.with him. Kroos. Eder tried to stop the cross. Buffon in a hurry to find

:38:14. > :38:23.Giaccherini, who is quickly closed down. Muller did that.

:38:24. > :38:28.Schweinsteiger... Ozil... Muller... This time he's dispossessed. Pelle.

:38:29. > :38:33.Seems to have broken out into a football match all of a sudden.

:38:34. > :38:42.Couldn't get past Howedes. The referee from some distance away has

:38:43. > :38:47.ruled that an unfair tackle. That was definitely a foul, Howedes

:38:48. > :38:55.diving in. Clever from Pelle. As soon as he sees any contact there,

:38:56. > :38:59.he's down. He hasn't done his best work until very late in the games in

:39:00. > :39:06.the competition so far. Injury time goals against Belgium and in the

:39:07. > :39:11.last 16 against Spain. Italy have scored late goals in every one of

:39:12. > :39:20.their games. Or rather there's been a goal late on in every one of their

:39:21. > :39:29.games. There are six Italians in the final third all of a sudden.

:39:30. > :39:34.Sturaro came off Schweinsteiger. Boateng whacked that as far as he

:39:35. > :40:16.could. Barzagli... Bonucci... A bit more care needed. Parolo now

:40:17. > :40:22.has so many more options for him in the final third. The wing-backs are

:40:23. > :40:28.pushing off. It's the team that goes on to win this, the team that's

:40:29. > :40:31.decided to have a bit more belief about them. Obviously they are

:40:32. > :40:34.playing this system for the first time this evening, Germany. But they

:40:35. > :40:42.don't seem as confident in the start of the second half. Italy giving us

:40:43. > :40:51.more balance to their play. A lot of quality in this German team. Ozil...

:40:52. > :41:00.Showing a bit of quality now. Schweinsteiger... Muller to Kroos.

:41:01. > :41:02.Now it's Hector. Hector gets to ball into the box but not into a

:41:03. > :41:21.dangerous place. Boateng... Ozil... Kimmich's cross. And it had

:41:22. > :41:25.to be headed there by Andrea Barzagli. Gomez was ready and

:41:26. > :41:33.waiting. Bomb bomb was caught on his heels in the box there. Didn't

:41:34. > :41:38.expect the cross in. -- goal was caught on his heels in the box

:41:39. > :41:44.there. Didn't expect the cross in. Eder... A bit of hesitation and

:41:45. > :42:22.thought put into it. Ozil... Keeps taking up that

:42:23. > :42:27.position, Ozil. Schweinsteiger... Muller. More preoccupied with

:42:28. > :42:32.ranting at the referee for not getting a free kick but getting back

:42:33. > :42:38.up and winning it. Gomez is doing the chasing. Italy pass their way

:42:39. > :42:42.out of trouble. Quickly passed their way back into it. It was Florenzi,

:42:43. > :42:51.who conceded possession. Here's Gomez. Trying to tee up Muller...

:42:52. > :42:57.It's blocked. A super blog. He denied Thomas Muller his first ever

:42:58. > :43:01.European championship finals goal. Inspired defending. I think Florenzi

:43:02. > :43:06.gives the ball away in the first place. Somersaults around, steers

:43:07. > :43:17.that away from the goal. Great defending. He lifted his leg so

:43:18. > :43:24.high. Kroos corner. Beat everybody. Boateng. It is on to be hit.

:43:25. > :43:29.Boateng. As we saw against Slovakia, he can hit them, but that one was

:43:30. > :43:37.too high. This one off his left foot. Rising away. The volume's

:43:38. > :43:43.turned up here a little bit. This is Gomez laying it off. Brings it on to

:43:44. > :43:50.his left foot, Muller. Look at this for a piece of defending. Remarkable

:43:51. > :43:53.how he got back there. The Italians love defending. He's not a stunt man

:43:54. > :44:04.there, through the air. You wonder if the angle the seed,

:44:05. > :44:14.was it going wide? Florenzi couldn't hang about and think about that. --

:44:15. > :44:19.if the angle deceived. He made amends for giving the ball away in

:44:20. > :44:22.the first place. He would have known as well that he needed to get back.

:44:23. > :44:27.You could hear the Manaudou screaming at him as soon as he gave

:44:28. > :44:31.it away. Pass the manager screaming at him.

:44:32. > :44:45.Giaccherini has given it away. Sturaro stop the ball from raging

:44:46. > :44:55.Ozil. He has gone off to the right of Eder -- reaching Ozil. Letting it

:44:56. > :44:59.run, it didn't run to Pelle. Ozil. Taken out of it by Sturaro. That's

:45:00. > :45:03.about his third offence. The angry wave of the arm has got him a yellow

:45:04. > :45:10.card. You said in the first half that he's an angry young man. He

:45:11. > :45:18.needs to be controlled. A big night for him and his country. You have to

:45:19. > :45:23.keep your head. As you can see by what's on your screen, he isn't one

:45:24. > :45:29.who was on the yellow card, but that is eight of them on the field for

:45:30. > :45:36.Italy who are now. I didn't think the referee was going to book him

:45:37. > :45:37.until he reacted the way he did. All of those yellow cards are only

:45:38. > :46:08.relevant if the team gets through. Another flag is being waved, another

:46:09. > :46:12.foul. It might be a yellow card. It is De Sciglio, who walks away. And

:46:13. > :46:18.when he turned around he is going to be disappointed because if Italy

:46:19. > :46:26.win, he won't be playing in the semifinal. Yeah, Kimmich, just

:46:27. > :46:33.taking him out. Joachim Low has just turned Italian on us. He certainly

:46:34. > :46:40.has. He's leading that sink in for a moment. It has to be forgotten. He's

:46:41. > :46:46.got to make sure that he gets his team into the next round, never mind

:46:47. > :46:49.that he's not playing. The first part of succeeding in that mission

:46:50. > :46:52.will be keeping out this Germany free kick. They are being tested to

:46:53. > :47:03.the limit by this German team, who keep probing.

:47:04. > :47:08.There is a line on the edge of the penalty area. He was in the middle

:47:09. > :47:33.of it, Boateng. Blocked by Chiellini. Pelle. He had

:47:34. > :47:40.to do that by himself. He did brilliantly. Certainly did. The

:47:41. > :47:47.first part of it anyway. Sturaro, that was rash, the way he went in.

:47:48. > :47:51.What's happened now? The referee has seen a Germany player on the floor.

:47:52. > :48:03.He's gone across and shown the yellow card, it's Mario Gomez. That

:48:04. > :48:11.is Parolo booked. It is a wild kick. Parolo. Couldn't be better placed,

:48:12. > :48:16.the referee, to see that. Seemed to take an age for Hindus dubbed the

:48:17. > :48:24.game. Dishing out the punishment to the Lazio midfielder. -- took an age

:48:25. > :48:32.for him to stop the game. 14 minutes in the second half and three Italian

:48:33. > :48:38.names taken. Sturaro, just after he was booked, with a heavy challenge.

:48:39. > :48:41.That was the booking. Was it the booking? Still Mr angry, look at

:48:42. > :48:46.him. That was the first of the three. We need to see a senior

:48:47. > :49:02.player just calming down a little bit. Italy are now on 216 Yellows

:49:03. > :49:05.for the tournament. -- onto 16. Maybe it's part of their

:49:06. > :49:12.gamesmanship, just to slow it down a little bit. Possibly being too

:49:13. > :49:18.cynical. Could argue that seem Dyer some teams need to be a bit more

:49:19. > :49:27.like that bans some teams need to be more like that. No names mentioned.

:49:28. > :49:32.I've seen it written that Italy know how and when to commit a good foul.

:49:33. > :49:43.Past masters at it. All the way back to Neuer, who is

:49:44. > :50:05.rarely all the way back in his goal. Must be an argument for Neuer in

:50:06. > :50:09.goal for buying Munich and this Germany team -- Bayern Munich. He

:50:10. > :50:11.must be one of the most bored goalkeepers of all time. He is

:50:12. > :50:20.almost a central defender at times. Hector has got it in, into exactly

:50:21. > :50:40.the right zone. A bit of a breakdown in

:50:41. > :50:53.communication between Hummels and Boateng. Lovely cross. Well defended

:50:54. > :50:55.by Hector. Eja Renee does welcomer coming onto his right foot. --

:50:56. > :51:00.Giaccherini. One of the best breaks in the

:51:01. > :51:38.business. A unruffled as yet, Conte. Yet to score his first international

:51:39. > :51:42.goal, Parolo. Half a dozen for Manziel last season. It falls for

:51:43. > :51:50.him nicely but he hasn't got the technique -- for Lazio. Hector

:51:51. > :52:21.deliberately holding onto the ball. Giaccherini, I think he thought that

:52:22. > :52:30.Pelle was there, but the flag is raised as he goes near the ball. A

:52:31. > :52:34.change is in the air. Nobody has been called back from the warm-ups

:52:35. > :52:41.yet. But a fume or have joined in with the stretching and limbering.

:52:42. > :52:42.-- a few more. Italy were pushing up the wing-backs but now they've been

:52:43. > :53:00.forced back again. It's almost impossible to isolate.

:53:01. > :53:04.You talk about the back three. Barzagli, 35 years old, one against

:53:05. > :53:07.one, I don't know if he's the most mobile, but he's so clever, he

:53:08. > :53:17.doesn't put himself in that position. Must be more mentally

:53:18. > :53:23.tired than physically tired at the end of the game. Moving from side to

:53:24. > :53:27.side, keeping the distance between them, Parolo in midfield, and one

:53:28. > :53:36.another, the defence, almost like an anchor in the ship, not moving far

:53:37. > :53:46.apart from each other. Neuer, asking Gomez to get his head on it.

:53:47. > :53:54.Confusing Florenzi. Florenzi is doing the full-back job. Hector

:53:55. > :54:01.trying to pull it back. Mesut Ozil running in at the right time.

:54:02. > :54:15.Germany find a way through. It might be all they need in a game

:54:16. > :54:26.of such fine margins. And its Mesut Ozil who's made the difference.

:54:27. > :54:33.Neuer is involved. Florenzi here, he seems to get bamboozled by the ball.

:54:34. > :54:38.It gets behind him. Good work from Gomez on the left-hand side. Very

:54:39. > :54:46.patient, look at that for a run from deep. And Ozil, so many times you

:54:47. > :54:54.see him the provider. This time, the ruthless finish.

:54:55. > :55:02.The deflection proved key. It just sets up perfectly for Ozil. He's not

:55:03. > :55:05.going to miss it from there with the quality he has. Italy have to come

:55:06. > :55:22.out and play a bit more now. Mesut Ozil's 20th international

:55:23. > :55:30.goal. He missed a penalty in the last game, against Slovakia. That's

:55:31. > :55:31.what got on now. -- forgotten. Germany trying to show their

:55:32. > :55:55.ruthless died. -- side. A bit of a scourge of Italy, Ozil.

:55:56. > :55:58.He scored in the 4-1 victory in March and in the last European

:55:59. > :56:08.Championships, a late penalty that didn't make a difference to these

:56:09. > :56:12.Gore. -- to the score. Now, one from open play, when we thought it might

:56:13. > :56:16.be a game where we wouldn't see one. Germany trying to hang onto

:56:17. > :56:20.possession, not giving the Italians any opportunity to strike back. If

:56:21. > :56:24.anything, Germany looked to have grown even taller since the last

:56:25. > :56:33.goal. Hummels, easily fending off Pelle.

:56:34. > :56:48.Ozil is just this trying them, isn't he? That pocket of space. --

:56:49. > :57:04.destroying. Running the show, Mesut Ozil. Just

:57:05. > :57:09.drawing the sting of the Italians, trying to fight back. Sturaro trying

:57:10. > :57:22.to drag back Hummels. Looking for Gomez! Oh, that's a

:57:23. > :57:26.great save from Buffon. Gomez improvised and it looked as if he

:57:27. > :57:31.had beaten the Italian goalkeeper. But the veteran managed to stop it

:57:32. > :57:37.somehow. Look at Ozil here, look at this for a ball, just the flick

:57:38. > :57:44.over. Gomez just stays onside. What a save from Buffon, flicking it over

:57:45. > :57:48.the bar. And standing. Those old reactions are still as Priam and as

:57:49. > :58:08.ever -- outstanding. Going for the kill, Germany. Primed.

:58:09. > :58:18.Taken away from Stewart. -- from Sturaro. Smothering Italy as soon as

:58:19. > :58:30.they come out with the ball. Just a yard faster, Italy. Germany's throw.

:58:31. > :58:57.Barzagli chesting down to Parolo. Giaccherini set-off, but Bonucci

:58:58. > :59:04.couldn't find him with a pass. Ditto Ozil and his attempts to pick out

:59:05. > :59:05.Muller. Now, every Germany tackle is a successful one. They are winning

:59:06. > :59:20.the ball back with ease. Ebastian Schweinsteiger, Kroos...

:59:21. > :59:22.Ozil... Loitering outside the penalty area. Muller went in.

:59:23. > :59:49.Hummels... 20 minutes to go. Schweinsteiger.

:59:50. > :59:59.Florenzi finding Parolo. Bonucci up to Pelle.

:00:00. > :00:10.Tried to play him in too late. Gomez caught as he attempted to lay it off

:00:11. > :00:13.to Kimmich. Italy will have to hold on before taking the throw. What a

:00:14. > :00:18.ball that is. Takes it down. Wondered if it was a handball, but

:00:19. > :00:31.no, it's OK. A little backheel is it? It's come off Chiellini. A

:00:32. > :00:42.fingertip save. Just enough on it from Gianluigi Buffon. Gomez is

:00:43. > :00:51.limping off. They've got the change ready. Mario Gomez's little run of

:00:52. > :00:54.goals comes to an end tonight. Disappointed obviously, but

:00:55. > :01:01.hopefully for him it is not a shrug of the shoulders that his tournament

:01:02. > :01:06.is done. He is exasperated with whatever injury he's picked up. In

:01:07. > :01:15.his place is Julian Draxler, a 22-year-old playing at Wolfsburg.

:01:16. > :01:19.Very unlucky to be left out. Gomez was a thorn in the side. Going to

:01:20. > :01:32.lose a bit of that for the change. Only one subleft for germ in. Italy

:01:33. > :01:52.have three left in the bag. It is so important for the Italians

:01:53. > :02:02.that he keeps hold of the ball for them. Towards Muller, who won't give

:02:03. > :02:06.up on it. He's very unlucky. What a brilliant effort from the Bayern

:02:07. > :02:11.Munich man. He is like a middle distance runner. There is nothing of

:02:12. > :02:15.him, by the way. Can you be ungainly and graceful at the same time? I

:02:16. > :02:24.think Muller might. He's got the build of a long distance marathon

:02:25. > :02:30.runner almost. Skin and bone, he is. Those shins take some treatment.

:02:31. > :03:00.Sturaro... Bonucci... Barzagli... Parolo...

:03:01. > :03:11.There's Pelle! No German touch on it. It flew straight, high and wide.

:03:12. > :03:15.It's a fantastic effort there. Across the face of the defender with

:03:16. > :03:40.his left foot. Can't get it on target. Bounces in front of him.

:03:41. > :03:47.No tears as predicted by Sebastian Vettel, the German who drives for

:03:48. > :04:04.Ferrari. Vettel was approached with an

:04:05. > :04:09.Italian shirt today and said, you will need it to dry your tears on.

:04:10. > :04:11.They don't know the Italians. They'll think this is plenty of

:04:12. > :04:39.time. Florenzi to Barzagli. Bonucci... Eder... Would he have got

:04:40. > :04:42.that in I'm not sure he was offside. Beautiful play there from Italy.

:04:43. > :04:46.Diagonal passes, spinning off the shoulders of the defender. Two front

:04:47. > :04:57.players working really well together there.

:04:58. > :05:08.Just lent in there. Barzagli... Pelle. Boateng goes with him and

:05:09. > :05:14.eats up the ground, but it is at the cost of a corner. Boateng just going

:05:15. > :05:25.through the gears. Good work from Pelle. Trying to tee the ball up for

:05:26. > :05:26.Alessandro Florenzi, who was a little slow in getting there,

:05:27. > :05:37.preserving as much energy as he can. Florenzi will put the outswinging

:05:38. > :05:52.ball in. Florenzi this time with the

:05:53. > :06:00.in-dipper. And it's a penalty for Italy! They shouted as one. There

:06:01. > :06:05.aren't too many German complaints about it. What on earth is his arm

:06:06. > :06:10.doing up there, Boateng? You can't put your arms in the air like that

:06:11. > :06:27.I'm afraid. Keep them down behind your side. Game changer. Leonardo

:06:28. > :06:31.Bonucci is on the spot for Italy. It's not the final chance but it

:06:32. > :06:39.might be the chance that keeps their hopes alive. Best goalkeeper in the

:06:40. > :06:45.world, many say. Stands in his way. The other goalkeeper, who had that

:06:46. > :06:53.title for so long can't watch. It's Bonucci. And it's 1-1 in Bordeaux

:06:54. > :07:07.and it is game on in Bordeaux! CHEERING. Wild celebrations from the

:07:08. > :07:12.Italians. Wild eyes from Bonucci. After a moment to reflect on for

:07:13. > :07:19.Jerome Boateng. He needed all of his experience there. Just a little

:07:20. > :07:23.feint, gets enough power on it. Take a look at me. Gets enough power on

:07:24. > :07:29.it. Take a look at me. Pointing to his face - yes, it was me. He was

:07:30. > :07:36.under real pressure there. Neuer had no chance. Under real pressure, and

:07:37. > :07:43.you wouldn't believe it would you? The way it was stroked home. You can

:07:44. > :07:47.see the warrior in his eye. The manager praying it has come off. He

:07:48. > :07:56.doesn't care how he gets back into this game. Germany 1, Italy 1. We

:07:57. > :08:07.are where we were again. Except it feels like a very

:08:08. > :08:11.different game now. It's open. It's a lot more entertaining. It's

:08:12. > :08:20.anybody's to win. A large element of luck about that. You've got to keep

:08:21. > :08:25.your hands by your side. Ozil... Schweinsteiger... That's Muller. It

:08:26. > :08:50.was nearly Muller. Kroos... Eder slipped and couldn't stop in

:08:51. > :08:58.time. Here's Boateng. Italian voices can be heard now about the Stade de

:08:59. > :09:03.Bordeaux. Steep stands here. You can feel structural movement when the

:09:04. > :09:14.crowd jumps. There is lot of Italian jumping happening! Ozil... Tired

:09:15. > :09:18.legends out there Ozil... Tired legends out there for the Italians

:09:19. > :09:29.-- tired legs for the Italians. But they'll be energised by the fans.

:09:30. > :09:40.Hummels... Hector... Neuer... Beaten for the first time at this

:09:41. > :09:43.championship. Those constant voices is the Italian manager bark

:09:44. > :09:52.instructions to his team. Team. Conte. Conte. Is that a costly slip?

:09:53. > :10:02.Eder is outside. It's Pelle! A corner. Came off Howedes and it went

:10:03. > :10:09.wide. Italy are up for this. Well, great run. Look at this first touch.

:10:10. > :10:19.Comes inside the defender. Pelle pulls the trigger. Could do better

:10:20. > :10:23.there and he knows it. Florenzi again. Taking his time. Well, it

:10:24. > :10:34.worked on the last occasion. Took plenty of time over the corner.

:10:35. > :10:38.That's what Fabio Capel la is doing now.

:10:39. > :10:53.Eder is first man. Muller was the right man for Germany.

:10:54. > :11:06.Buffon... Doing a Neuer. Even at his age, you can improve. I think we

:11:07. > :11:16.have got in this game the old best and the new best haven't we?

:11:17. > :11:27.Definitely, yes. The Neuer best. Towards Eder... Hummels strides out.

:11:28. > :11:35.Ozil to Draxler. Hasn't been able to get into the game. But in it now

:11:36. > :11:42.with Ozil, who has run into Sturaro. Free kick Italy. The call from Kroos

:11:43. > :11:47.is he won the ball cleanly. Didn't tackle from a difficult angle. He

:11:48. > :11:52.goes for that ball. Just gets a foot on it. The trailing leg catches his

:11:53. > :11:58.opponent you don't are to book people time. I think the referee's

:11:59. > :12:07.got that right. Sturaro... Barzagli... Bonucci, who was calling

:12:08. > :12:12.for calm from Barzagli. Known had a calmer head than Bonucci when he

:12:13. > :12:23.took that penalty. An Bonucci when he took that penalty. -- no-one.

:12:24. > :12:34.Eder let that run for Pelle. Eder... Going to bounce back to Parolo or

:12:35. > :12:43.Chiellini or both. Towards Florenzi. Florenzi takes on Hector. Florenzi

:12:44. > :12:48.in. Pelle... Chiellini... Florenzi will be offside if he chases that

:12:49. > :12:56.one. Feels like the Italians are going up a gear again. They are

:12:57. > :13:03.inspired. Florenzi there. Not sure where Florenzi finds the energy

:13:04. > :13:07.from. Might be more tired if he was at home. His wife gave birth to

:13:08. > :13:09.their first child on the eve of the tournament. Wouldn't be getting much

:13:10. > :13:25.sleep there. Draxler. A lovely cushion ball.

:13:26. > :13:30.Gives chase to Florenzi. Who sees him off. It's a free kick rather

:13:31. > :13:36.than a goal kick. That's Tim cap of Florenzi, there taking a well earned

:13:37. > :13:42.rest. CEDYELLOW That's Tim cap of Florenzi, there taking a well earned

:13:43. > :13:52.rest. -- that's typical. Ozil's goal. Got Thayne distinct to get

:13:53. > :13:55.into the box. A feint there. Slots it away. Boateng with plenty a think

:13:56. > :14:14.about. Boateng... Howedes...

:14:15. > :14:22.Schweinsteiger. A substitution about to be made by the Italians. It is

:14:23. > :14:36.Manchester United's Matteo Darmian who going to come on.

:14:37. > :14:46.Five minutes of the 90 to go. Germany, one, Italy, one. As finally

:14:47. > :14:54.balanced as it was always likely to be. -- finely balanced. Sensible

:14:55. > :15:03.caution from Germany. Don't want to be caught on the counterattack. And

:15:04. > :15:08.now Italy will make their substitution. Florenzi has gone down

:15:09. > :15:13.onto the floor, much to the annoyance of the Germany supporters.

:15:14. > :15:17.It's the referee who is telling him to get a move on towards the halfway

:15:18. > :15:24.line because it is his number that's up. Florenzi, who has run and run,

:15:25. > :15:30.has won his last night. He couldn't have done more he's exhausted. 11

:15:31. > :15:30.kilometres, that's not bad. Considering there's still of time

:15:31. > :15:45.left. He must have done well, he got a

:15:46. > :15:53.well done from his manager. He's hard task master. They had a saying

:15:54. > :15:58.at Juventus, he wanted his players to eat grass, meaning he wanted them

:15:59. > :16:05.to run further and work harder, unless it lost something in

:16:06. > :16:07.translation. This is Italian team have certainly been doing that for

:16:08. > :16:47.him. Germany have to keep shifting the

:16:48. > :16:58.ball, keep the Italians working from side to side. Difficult ball to deal

:16:59. > :17:03.with there. Draxler rarely hasn't run with it since he's been on.

:17:04. > :17:13.Supporting Ozil on the ball in that free role.

:17:14. > :17:19.I think Buffon once extra time now. It's amazing how it doesn't faze

:17:20. > :17:33.them. Boateng got to it. The confidence

:17:34. > :17:37.swing has been fascinating to watch, when Germany were up, they were

:17:38. > :17:41.pressing and it looks like they were going to finish it off but a moment

:17:42. > :17:46.later it was the turn of Italy to find the spring in their tie at

:17:47. > :17:56.again. Eder, never stops being bouncy. -- in their tired step.

:17:57. > :18:01.Neuer had it covered. The crowd were not so sure. Look at this for a

:18:02. > :18:08.strike. For where we were it looked like it hit the back of the net.

:18:09. > :18:09.Just another warning. I have to say, Eder was brilliant in the build-up.

:18:10. > :18:39.He really looks lively. Howedes didn't want to run for that,

:18:40. > :18:44.he called for commits to get it. The 90th minute cars for Kimmich -- for

:18:45. > :18:55.Kimmich. Pelle with the knock-down. Eder,

:18:56. > :19:01.taken down by Hummels. Free kick, Italy and the referee goes to his

:19:02. > :19:06.pocket and he has booked Hummels. If Germany go through, he won't play in

:19:07. > :19:17.the semi. He will be hugely missed. Eder is too quick, isn't he. The is

:19:18. > :19:32.thinking he shouldn't have been booked -- he is thinking.

:19:33. > :19:37.The contrasting styles of the coaches. Into injury time, three

:19:38. > :20:14.minutes of it. This is a slow, measured Germany

:20:15. > :20:16.build-up. Something menacing on the end? Draxler throwing himself

:20:17. > :21:01.through the air. Nobody in the middle yet. Here they

:21:02. > :21:10.come now. Got the curl, but not the place to deny Barzagli the chance to

:21:11. > :21:11.clear it. -- the pace. What can Germany do to conjure up one last

:21:12. > :21:25.opportunity? Ozil's cross. Important header from

:21:26. > :21:29.Chiellini. Schweinsteiger had jumped tremendously behind him. Another one

:21:30. > :21:44.from Chiellini. The quality on that ball from Ozil.

:21:45. > :21:55.Hummels, just the wrong side of Hector. The ball from Ozil, just

:21:56. > :22:02.couldn't get on it, Schweinsteiger. Good defending, Chiellini, taking it

:22:03. > :22:14.off his head. Agony for the next Neuer in the making.

:22:15. > :22:28.Kept in by parole over. -- by Parolo. It will be a free kick for

:22:29. > :22:32.Germany. See which team is more keen for the extra 30 minutes. It is the

:22:33. > :22:41.team in blue. Germany wants to push on one more time. No more time. We

:22:42. > :22:46.are going to go the distance in Bordeaux tonight. We knew it would

:22:47. > :22:51.liven up, and it did. Mesut Ozil with the opening goal, cancelled out

:22:52. > :22:57.a dozen minutes later by Bonucci, who kept his cool from the penalty

:22:58. > :23:10.spot. The tactical battle continues. It's a little more open now.

:23:11. > :23:18.Schurle so, extra time it is. For a while, it looked like Germany might

:23:19. > :23:22.finally beat Italy in a major tournament. In the previous eight

:23:23. > :23:26.encounters between these two sides, it has only gone to extra time

:23:27. > :23:31.twice. The 1970 World Cup and the 2006 World Cup, both won, of course,

:23:32. > :23:38.by Italy. And the two teams huddled together there. Their managers will

:23:39. > :23:42.be saying a few words, and Luca, they came back, as Italy do. Yes, we

:23:43. > :23:45.never give up. It was excellent. After conceding

:23:46. > :23:50.the first goal, I thought that was the end of it, but credit to these

:23:51. > :23:55.guys, they never give up, and I think it is a fair result. Now, I

:23:56. > :23:58.think this match can be won by some brilliance from the players, but

:23:59. > :24:02.more importantly, from the managers, what they do, what they say. They

:24:03. > :24:06.change positions with somebody. Just one word can make a big difference.

:24:07. > :24:12.Certainly can, and while it took a long time for the game to come to

:24:13. > :24:18.life, when it did, it was a great goal from Mesut Ozil in the end.

:24:19. > :24:23.It was very well done. N again, a long ball, and a mistake from

:24:24. > :24:28.Florenzi. Just keep your eye on Hector also. A good run from Gomez.

:24:29. > :24:34.We mentioned Hector getting up to support, and get up there in the

:24:35. > :24:38.box, and whipping balding. That is such a clever, acute pass from

:24:39. > :24:41.Gomez. Brilliant run from Hector. Little bit of luck from the

:24:42. > :24:46.deflection, and a brilliantly timed run from Mesut Ozil. It took

:24:47. > :24:51.perfection, and a very, very good finish.

:24:52. > :24:55.The only tie in the match where one of our midfielders did not stay with

:24:56. > :24:59.it. A couple of yards, and he could not

:25:00. > :25:03.really recover. It is back to front, isn't it?

:25:04. > :25:06.Within seven or eight seconds, a big kick up and good play in the final

:25:07. > :25:10.third. After that, of course, Gomez had a

:25:11. > :25:17.really good opportunity to score, didn't he? It was a brilliant bit of

:25:18. > :25:27.goalkeeping. Yes, and you have to give Chiellini

:25:28. > :25:31.a lot of credit. We were all thinking, why didn't he should? And

:25:32. > :25:40.amazing save. An amazing save from Buffon. But you have to give

:25:41. > :25:45.Chiellini credit. We are all sat here thinking, why

:25:46. > :25:50.does he not had it? And also, he has got as all in touch. His first touch

:25:51. > :25:52.was so poor, it took away from the goal.

:25:53. > :25:56.How many times over so many years has Buffon and another Italy? You

:25:57. > :25:59.said semitones, that is a turning point.

:26:00. > :26:04.Normally, when you miss your opportunity, this is very weird

:26:05. > :26:08.stuff by bite and. I think he wants to show the referee that he is not

:26:09. > :26:12.pushing, and that's why he gets his ends away from the body of

:26:13. > :26:14.Chiellini, but in doing that, inevitably, he touches with his

:26:15. > :26:18.hands. And what about this penalty? I will

:26:19. > :26:26.surprise you here. This is the first penalty taken in his professional

:26:27. > :26:30.career. What a hell of a penalty. Composure at its best. Whatever you

:26:31. > :26:34.want from a guy like that. That is excluding penalty shoot-out, I

:26:35. > :26:38.hasten to add, but any normal game. We were just talking about Boateng

:26:39. > :26:42.before, that he did not defend and crosses. He has trouble with that.

:26:43. > :26:47.In his box, he is not the best defender in the world. When he has

:26:48. > :26:51.to defend, he is very good at that, and you almost wanting to defend

:26:52. > :26:55.with his belly. It is kind of, we know what he tries to do, and a

:26:56. > :26:58.mistake brings Italy back to the game.

:26:59. > :27:00.It certainly does. We all thought it was 50-50 before the game, and it

:27:01. > :27:07.remains that way. Yes, absolutely. Now, I would be --

:27:08. > :27:11.it will be down to physical conditions. Who has got more from a

:27:12. > :27:16.physical point of view will be able to create more chances, to press

:27:17. > :27:19.better. It is also a question of details. One little thing can make a

:27:20. > :27:26.huge difference. OK, well let's rejoin Martin Keown.

:27:27. > :27:34.COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Gary. Let me take you back 46 years. Can we hope

:27:35. > :27:38.for something like happened in 1970 in the World Cup semifinal? That

:27:39. > :27:42.game was 1-1 between West Germany and Italy. Five goals followed in

:27:43. > :27:48.the next half-hour. They dubbed it the match of the century. Italy won

:27:49. > :27:52.4-3. Or will it be more akin to the extra times we have seen at this

:27:53. > :27:58.European Championship? It is the fourth game to go to 120, rather

:27:59. > :28:02.than 90 minutes. Switzerland and Poland could not get a goal between

:28:03. > :28:06.them in the extra half hour. Nor could Poland and Portugal. Croatia

:28:07. > :28:13.and Portugal, we had to wait to the very end, when the Portuguese headed

:28:14. > :28:17.through. The extra time so far in France, they have been cagey

:28:18. > :28:20.affairs. I don't think anything we have seen in this game suggest

:28:21. > :28:25.anything different to that. No, I think straightaway, with the

:28:26. > :28:29.start of this match, the Germans matching the systems. A bit of a

:28:30. > :28:32.chess match. A game has broken out. Once Italy got back into the game,

:28:33. > :28:37.they are so professional and gamesmanship. Buffon was waiting to

:28:38. > :28:42.extra time, but with at least ten minutes more to go in the match,

:28:43. > :28:45.let's hope we can now see an improvement and an exciting ride in

:28:46. > :28:50.this match. One substitute left for Germany. Two

:28:51. > :28:54.remaining available for Italy. The stage might be set for somebody to

:28:55. > :29:00.come on, somebody like a Podolski Ore Goetz.

:29:01. > :29:07.World Cup Final, he came on as substitute and did an insignificant.

:29:08. > :29:19.-- did something significant. For Italy, Immobile A and Zaza are

:29:20. > :29:22.both options. It is remarkable that in the course of the game, he had

:29:23. > :29:26.never taken a penalty before. You would not have believed it. No,

:29:27. > :29:30.I mean that is what you want, isn't it? Your star player to come up and

:29:31. > :29:35.deliver when it is expected of him. We have had that conversation with

:29:36. > :29:39.you, haven't we, going back to 1998? Would you have taken it?

:29:40. > :29:47.Now, a yellow card for Peller for going in late. There is another one

:29:48. > :29:51.out of the potential semifinal. Old is just informing the Germany

:29:52. > :29:53.touchline staff that Boateng is OK. -- moles. He doesn't look it at the

:29:54. > :30:03.moment. That is a nasty one from Pelle and

:30:04. > :30:11.needless. It certainly is nasty. Boateng just

:30:12. > :30:17.too quick for him down the Achilles. And he can't have any complaint,

:30:18. > :30:23.even though he would be upset. It is hugely important to the way

:30:24. > :30:24.they play as well. On the counterattack, holding the ball out

:30:25. > :30:37.for them. Cleared by Bonucci, but not very

:30:38. > :30:47.well. Controls. Schweinsteiger to Miller. Miller

:30:48. > :30:58.cannot get it through. Schweinsteiger this time brings

:30:59. > :31:01.Herber Des in. Great imagination from

:31:02. > :31:09.Schweinsteiger. That is a free kick.

:31:10. > :31:21.You look at this ball, the bravery, and a bitter afters between

:31:22. > :31:25.Chiellini and ton-macro two. You see the bravery, for me, Chiellini, put

:31:26. > :31:26.his head in the box when visible people put their feet.

:31:27. > :31:40.Some afterwards perhaps. I think he is saying, you are

:31:41. > :31:40.falling over like a baby! What is wrong with you?

:31:41. > :31:50.A great reaction from Thomas Muller. Some have accused him of falling a

:31:51. > :31:51.little too easily in the past as well.

:31:52. > :32:02.Jack Arena. Eder was making his life 's mission

:32:03. > :32:09.to get into the box. But there was too much on it.

:32:10. > :32:13.Eder still going. Perpetual motion. The Brazilian born Inter Milan man

:32:14. > :32:31.in brilliant form tonight. Keep winning those individual

:32:32. > :32:36.battles, don't they, the Italians? Goes back three will keep going

:32:37. > :32:58.until the very last. -- those back three.

:32:59. > :33:04.Looked as though he might miss judge that. Kia Leamy.

:33:05. > :33:17.What has he done in that Daniele De Rossi kind of role?

:33:18. > :33:19.He has done the best they can. I think he does a bit more defensively

:33:20. > :33:51.for his team. Could not get the clearance on

:33:52. > :33:59.cross, and another coming together. Schweinsteiger, the offending party.

:34:00. > :34:01.On Sturaro. Apparently, Schweinsteiger knew it was coming.

:34:02. > :34:10.No. It is not intentional. I don't think Thomas Muller's

:34:11. > :34:16.handshake was either! Very reluctant.

:34:17. > :34:27.There is a study in the difference between the two coaches. Here is

:34:28. > :34:31.Eder, who never stops moving. Pelle stretched out a foot, but only to

:34:32. > :34:33.put it behind. Great little partnership there, Eder, beautiful,

:34:34. > :34:49.the way he flicks it to Eder. International start, at 29. Another

:34:50. > :34:52.late starter, and he must like the south Coast air in Southampton. The

:34:53. > :35:20.Premier League has improved him. Well policed by Parolo. Muller once

:35:21. > :35:26.more. Caught by Parolo. Free kick to Germany. It is becoming increasingly

:35:27. > :35:32.difficult to envisage this finishing 11th A-side. Just Mesut Ozil's quick

:35:33. > :35:37.feet, Parolo there. Parolo one of those at risk.

:35:38. > :35:41.It is these moments you have got to make everything count, pour into the

:35:42. > :35:49.box. Jack Arena there. He is trying to waste time.

:35:50. > :35:55.He is not in a yellow card for the potential semifinal, you might as

:35:56. > :36:02.well join the club. He is just delaying so his defence can get

:36:03. > :36:08.prepared behind him. Important ball to be swung over like

:36:09. > :36:13.a cross. There is a push, and a free kick for Italy.

:36:14. > :36:26.I wonder whether it was enough to send their new cheats brawling? He

:36:27. > :36:27.made noticed it. -- Bonucci. Draxler coming back, pushing to the

:36:28. > :37:01.ground. Wasted. Switching play very well now, the

:37:02. > :37:07.Italians, from side to side. Asking questions. Side to side is just him,

:37:08. > :37:28.with his constant tactics from him. Loses that one. Here is Muller.

:37:29. > :38:02.Draxler. Germany's throwing. He likes to run with it.

:38:03. > :38:09.There are distant Giaccherini has covered is quite remarkable.

:38:10. > :38:21.It is twice as far for him. He has got to engines!

:38:22. > :38:32.Draxler. Just eased out of play by the Uber cool Bonucci.

:38:33. > :38:39.Draxler really not having the quality necessary at the pace you

:38:40. > :38:42.need to get past ten defenders. He should be fresh, though, shouldn't

:38:43. > :38:44.he? Here is Pelle. He has an excuse not

:38:45. > :38:59.to be, and Eder likewise. Miller was trying to let rip there.

:39:00. > :39:04.Another chance to shoot. Big deflection for a corner. It is

:39:05. > :39:08.almost as if Thomas Muller has the feeling now this is his to win.

:39:09. > :39:15.He has had a couple of tracks at this. The shoots from distance.

:39:16. > :39:28.Mesut Ozil. That can be left alone, but was it?

:39:29. > :39:35.They didn't get the shadow. Parolo did not dare risk it.

:39:36. > :39:36.Yes, he could let that go, but he gets no information. He does not

:39:37. > :39:54.know he has to deal with it. Kroos to have another go from the

:39:55. > :39:57.other side, and expect this one to come in with pace.

:39:58. > :40:12.Again, the short routine. Boateng. It is wide.

:40:13. > :40:17.You would have thought it would have to get in the box with some stage.

:40:18. > :40:20.The frustration of the defenders, you can see they have gone off for

:40:21. > :40:23.this. It is a defender who hits it from

:40:24. > :40:47.distance. Can't believe they don't just put that into the box.

:40:48. > :41:14.WHISTLE he will get a yellow card for handling the ball.

:41:15. > :41:24.Well, I think there is contact. In fairness to the young man. He is 31,

:41:25. > :41:27.but for you, I will let you off. It is all relative, isn't it?

:41:28. > :41:33.I think the referee is right though. He is saying he is not. No

:41:34. > :41:43.complaints. Moyer to take his time again. All

:41:44. > :42:18.is. Just a bit too much for Ozil to do,

:42:19. > :42:25.with too much pace on it. I wonder if it will be that for

:42:26. > :42:30.Mesut Ozil. A bit of quality, needs something and someone, a bit of

:42:31. > :42:32.inspiration. Not really able to implement

:42:33. > :42:37.anything in the first half of extra time yet.

:42:38. > :42:45.Don't get the feeling that either side is playing for penalties,

:42:46. > :42:53.though. There is agency in there. There is. A lot of tired legs, the

:42:54. > :42:56.end of a long season. -- there is urgency there.

:42:57. > :42:58.You just feel Germany have got the handbrake on just a little bit.

:42:59. > :43:13.Worried about the counter attack. Bonucci in front of Muller, just

:43:14. > :43:17.covering for each of the brilliantly at the back. You think Bonucci has

:43:18. > :43:28.made a mistake, suddenly Chiellini statin. -- steps in. Mats Hummels.

:43:29. > :43:55.Half-time. Half-time in extra time. Nothing to get us on the edge of our

:43:56. > :44:04.seats yet. We are 15 minutes away from penalties. It is still 1-1.

:44:05. > :44:13.The Ten O'Clock News will follow the football. Don't worry about missing

:44:14. > :44:17.that. The National Lottery draw is on BBC Two right now, and we could

:44:18. > :44:22.well be heading for a lottery year, couldn't we?

:44:23. > :44:26.Yes. It is very tight. The players looked very tired. I am probably

:44:27. > :44:29.more worried about not giving anything away -- they are probably

:44:30. > :44:33.worried, rather than trying to score and win the match before penalties,

:44:34. > :44:37.so I don't see anything happening until a penalty shoot-out.

:44:38. > :44:44.I would tend to agree with that. Very tired players out there.

:44:45. > :44:48.Concentration, some of them, would not surprise me if there was a

:44:49. > :44:52.mistake in there because of that. But other than that, I agree with

:44:53. > :44:55.Luker, and think we're heading for penalties.

:44:56. > :44:58.Lots of tired looking players out there?

:44:59. > :45:02.Yes, and you would think hopefully, someone can come off the bench and

:45:03. > :45:04.change something. Add a bit of freshness.

:45:05. > :45:08.Surprising not to see a bit of that at this stage of the game. So many

:45:09. > :45:11.players obviously tired, why not freshen up?

:45:12. > :45:13.I don't know why the two managers are waiting so long to do it. That

:45:14. > :45:29.is why I am not a manager yet! They need something to spark with,

:45:30. > :45:34.but it is not easy to do, because they are holding each other,

:45:35. > :45:39.tactically, physically, technically. A lot of players are struggling, as

:45:40. > :45:47.you conceive. This is the perfect place to come on

:45:48. > :45:51.and really make something happen. Can I point out in remarkable? Our

:45:52. > :45:52.three central defenders had not been booked, and that tells you a lot

:45:53. > :46:05.about the composure... to bounce back on what Luca said is

:46:06. > :46:09.justified, they are not always on time.

:46:10. > :46:14.15 more minutes and then possibly a penalty shoot-out.

:46:15. > :46:24.I think we are the mind. Penalties, the most likely option. -- we are of

:46:25. > :46:27.the same mind. Q somebody to prove us wrong and come up with something

:46:28. > :46:31.utterly mind blowing in the next quarter of an hour. In goes Parolo,

:46:32. > :46:53.and again. Kroos to our malls -- Hummels.

:46:54. > :47:07.Neither coach made any changes during that brief interlude.

:47:08. > :47:32.Mesut Ozil once more, Toni Kroos handily placed.

:47:33. > :47:41.Schweinsteiger's lifted in. And it is knocked over. One of the first

:47:42. > :47:47.times when the filly back three have not looked quite so sure. No, it

:47:48. > :47:52.took an age to put the ball back in the box. Unlucky in the end there,

:47:53. > :47:58.pops out, overhead kick could go anywhere.

:47:59. > :48:05.And now, here comes the change that Jan Luca Vialli has just predicted,

:48:06. > :48:09.and it is a necessary one anyway. I'm not surprised something has gone

:48:10. > :48:13.twang after all the ground Eder has covered. Lets hope for his sake it

:48:14. > :48:17.is just cramp. He has been an outstanding player for them in my

:48:18. > :48:29.view. And Lorenzo in signal. -- Lorenzo

:48:30. > :48:33.Insigne of Italy is going to come on. He was only recalled to the

:48:34. > :48:41.squad in March. Scored against Spain. His first appearance. This is

:48:42. > :48:50.his third as a substitute at these euros.

:48:51. > :49:19.Barzagli had to make sure he won that. Now he has to get back as

:49:20. > :49:27.quick as he can. It is Draxler. Can he get it through? It is right past

:49:28. > :49:31.moolah. -- Muller. He has got to play that with more quality.

:49:32. > :49:36.Too much pace on it. Schweinsteiger tease himself up with a shot.

:49:37. > :49:42.Not sure there's going to be a better opening for either side in

:49:43. > :49:46.what is left of the game. This is Draxler here, suddenly

:49:47. > :49:50.running with the ball. A weighted pass, the quality is almost

:49:51. > :49:53.overexcited on it. It is interesting as well, since he has been on the

:49:54. > :49:55.pitch, they have stopped putting the ball in the box with Gomez going

:49:56. > :50:20.off. Played by Kroos up towards Muller.

:50:21. > :50:23.That is both one's all day, all night, all week, all year. He is

:50:24. > :50:30.going to take an age here. -- that is

:50:31. > :50:38.a man who has won just about the lot in his long career, ?buffon.

:50:39. > :50:42.Just missing the European Championship and the Champions

:50:43. > :50:44.League. -- Buffon. Everything in Italy, and of course, the big one.

:50:45. > :50:57.The World Cup. Chiellini still once more, let me

:50:58. > :51:06.tell you. Boateng has got to make sure, and he

:51:07. > :51:11.does. A significant advantage over Insigne. No need to put the arms up

:51:12. > :51:13.then. Germany have found a little bit of

:51:14. > :51:15.energy from somewhere. They needed to. They needed to lift

:51:16. > :51:27.it. Let me tell you, none of the players

:51:28. > :51:50.really want to go to penalties, that is the sure.

:51:51. > :52:00.Even Kroos has lost the accuracy in his passing.

:52:01. > :52:05.Chiellini not happy with the ball. Issues another one. And uses up some

:52:06. > :52:26.more time. Kroos lets it run the

:52:27. > :52:41.Schweinsteiger. Now Mats Hummels. No shot and yet, and the pass of the

:52:42. > :52:56.ball takes it to Parolo. Just keeps going, doesn't he,

:52:57. > :52:58.Chiellini? The freshest player on the field,

:52:59. > :53:24.but he did not get to that, Insigne. Yellow cards out again here. It is

:53:25. > :53:28.going to be Hector, is it? Outcomes the hand. Not sure it does that much

:53:29. > :53:33.damage, but you could say it is a foul. The referee walked over to

:53:34. > :53:41.Hector and then realised who had perpetrated the foul.

:53:42. > :53:56.Plenty of time taken with the free kick.

:53:57. > :54:03.Nicely taken by Insigne. The shot goes straight at the goalkeeper.

:54:04. > :54:11.What has happened there? An awful mix-up. The free kick to Germany to

:54:12. > :54:16.spare Neuer's blushes. Dear, oh dear.

:54:17. > :54:25.Hector. I did say a mistake might be key.

:54:26. > :54:32.Well, a moment of madness there. Seven minutes. Precious little has

:54:33. > :54:40.happened in the first eight minutes of this second period of extra time.

:54:41. > :54:47.Up towards Mesut Ozil. Deftly trying to click it into the path of

:54:48. > :54:55.Draxler. Now, Kroos. He had his chance to

:54:56. > :55:12.stand and deliver. And that was Manuel Moyer and's

:55:13. > :55:18.moment. He covered himself up, didn't he? He certainly did. Not

:55:19. > :55:25.sure why the referee blew though. The little man just coming on. Look

:55:26. > :55:29.at that. Almost coming back his way, and Neuer is the player who runs

:55:30. > :55:48.into Pelle, not the other way round. Muller still tearing across the

:55:49. > :55:55.turf. He is down, and has brought one for his team.

:55:56. > :55:59.Respect, though, from both of them. Running themselves into the ground.

:56:00. > :56:04.Cellini is trying to stop, though. He basically slows down, doesn't he,

:56:05. > :56:07.so he runs into him as well? Chiellini there, with a little nod

:56:08. > :56:13.they had, knows he has been done. That is one of tricks. -- a nod of

:56:14. > :56:18.the head. Germany need quality now for this ball coming into the box.

:56:19. > :56:22.They have got the two direct players when it comes to quality from set

:56:23. > :56:27.pieces. It has not quite been there, as is

:56:28. > :56:32.so often is, for Kroos in particular to night. Surely this will be an

:56:33. > :56:38.inswinger. Cellini following Boateng wherever he may roam. It kills away,

:56:39. > :56:44.and it is headed out. The referee was never likely to put a stop to

:56:45. > :56:48.all that going on. He simply said, take it again. I think Germany are

:56:49. > :56:55.quite relieved with that. It goes down far too easily there.

:56:56. > :56:56.It will all happen again, won't it? Certainly well. This will be a

:56:57. > :57:09.runaround. Chiellini on Boateng again.

:57:10. > :57:18.Some of the Italians are just holding. Fired across too high.

:57:19. > :57:26.Parolo flicked it clear. Excellent header. Draxler, Boateng.

:57:27. > :57:29.Draxler to Mats Hummels, who seem to be surprised by how much time they

:57:30. > :57:42.had. Four minutes. If Italy are playing for penalties,

:57:43. > :57:46.surely this is the wrong nation to be doing at against. -- doing that

:57:47. > :58:02.against. Free kick to Germany. They really

:58:03. > :58:06.scrappy end to the game. Antonio Candreva trying to organise his team

:58:07. > :58:11.to make sure they don't let it go seeming more intent on finding a

:58:12. > :58:15.winner for somewhere. He is just beating the drum, wanting more from

:58:16. > :58:17.these Italians. So animated on the sidelines. Get the reaction, though,

:58:18. > :58:34.from his players. Mesut Ozil moving into a menacing,

:58:35. > :58:37.more central position, as Kroos passes to Schweinsteiger once more.

:58:38. > :58:42.Those two are playing their own game. Here he is, Mesut Ozil. Hector

:58:43. > :58:48.had threatened to run. Mesut Ozil again. He might have just found

:58:49. > :58:51.someone. Just through one up towards Draxler.

:58:52. > :58:53.I think they are appealing for a handball there. The referee not

:58:54. > :59:01.giving it. There wasn't a ball on for Jackie

:59:02. > :59:10.Renee. Parolo, and that is a ball that will

:59:11. > :59:17.not fire. Great vision, but he will not make

:59:18. > :59:23.it. The quality, great moving here from Germany. Just flicks it up, hit

:59:24. > :59:25.him on the head. He is very again. The immovable object to the back of

:59:26. > :59:31.the defence, along with his colleagues.

:59:32. > :59:42.Mesut Ozil, the 119th minute. A draining encounter. A tactical

:59:43. > :59:55.battle. Cat and mouse. Germany are probing now. They seem to have the

:59:56. > :59:59.legs to hang on, Italy. Ozil! Buffon made the save look as though it was

:00:00. > :00:05.in the fifth minute of a pre-season friendly. He's getting closer. Ozil

:00:06. > :00:14.on the right often, we saw him on the left. Can't see them changing it

:00:15. > :00:17.now. Buffon going long. Straight onto the head of Howedes. Muller

:00:18. > :00:32.wanted it to be held. He'll be on the list for sure.

:00:33. > :00:41.Buffon again, going for maximum distance. Insigne trying to run

:00:42. > :00:58.through. And outcomes Neuer. Worth a try. A busy little player, Insigne.

:00:59. > :01:05.A drop in concentration. Italy are in no hurry to take the throwing,

:01:06. > :01:11.though. I think Hector, you can forgive him. -- Defoe in.

:01:12. > :01:19.And Antonio Conte has did a really delayed the throw because he wants

:01:20. > :01:23.to get Zaza onto the field. Chiellini is down, that will help.

:01:24. > :01:28.They can make the change and Chiellini is going off. Do you think

:01:29. > :01:33.that Zaza will be taking a penalty, any chance? Yes, Chiellini has been

:01:34. > :01:43.magnificent. Great defending from him. His job is done. He might only

:01:44. > :01:54.have one job to do. Could be the most important job of the night.

:01:55. > :01:57.Darmian with the throw. And Neuer will take the goalkick. I wouldn't

:01:58. > :02:06.think much more will happen after that. Tactical armour to the last.

:02:07. > :02:09.-- tactical, to the last. It will continue with Germany never having

:02:10. > :02:14.beaten Italy in a major tournament over the course of a game. They

:02:15. > :02:17.might be able to get through to the semifinals by winning a penalty

:02:18. > :02:23.shoot out but the game has finished all tied. Get yourselves ready,

:02:24. > :02:32.we'll get the scoresheet is out. Penalties coming. STUDIO: So,

:02:33. > :02:35.penalties it is. Let me go through the various penalty histories.

:02:36. > :02:40.They've never faced each other before in a major tournament in a

:02:41. > :02:42.penalty shoot out. Italy have contested eight penalty shoot outs

:02:43. > :02:48.at major tournaments, winning three and losing five. They have won three

:02:49. > :02:53.of the last four after losing their first four. Germany have contested

:02:54. > :02:57.six shoot outs, as Germany, West Germany, winning five and losing

:02:58. > :03:02.one. They lost their first against tekkers Backley in 1976 in the final

:03:03. > :03:09.but they have won the subsequent fire -- against check the back year

:03:10. > :03:16.-- against Czechoslovakia. 21 consecutive penalties, they've

:03:17. > :03:19.successfully executed since 1982, which is quite extraordinary.

:03:20. > :03:26.Doesn't necessarily bode well, Jan Luca, but they've never beaten Italy

:03:27. > :03:31.in a major tournament -- Gianluca. As a manager, I look at Low, you

:03:32. > :03:36.want players, when you look them in the eyes, they don't look away. You

:03:37. > :03:41.don't want them to say "If you want me to come I will take a penalty",

:03:42. > :03:44.you want them to demand to take the penalty, to show desire and

:03:45. > :03:48.responsibility. What if only three of them want to? Then you must pick

:03:49. > :03:53.another two but it doesn't look good! Something like that happened

:03:54. > :04:00.in 1990. As a player, my advice is to make your mind up early and don't

:04:01. > :04:07.change it. Keep the angle. Strong minds are needed. Do exactly what

:04:08. > :04:14.you practised on the training ground. Never change it. Does it

:04:15. > :04:18.make any difference? You must practice, do exactly what you done

:04:19. > :04:24.on the training ground. Have belief in yourself and keep it strong mind,

:04:25. > :04:29.do not change your mind. Something you can't recreate, unfortunately in

:04:30. > :04:35.training, pressure. You can still practice. That's how you deal with

:04:36. > :04:42.pressure. You can't recreate pressure. Who is going to be able to

:04:43. > :04:46.deal with the pressure? We will see. We were talking before the game, the

:04:47. > :04:56.back three, Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonnie Ichi -- Bonucci. You must

:04:57. > :05:00.give them a lot of credit, passing 16 kilometres, all of them, which is

:05:01. > :05:04.astonishing. Don't get involved in mind games with the goalkeeper. Keep

:05:05. > :05:08.your mind strong. You've chosen where you're going to put your

:05:09. > :05:12.penalty. No matter what he does on the line, stick to what you believe

:05:13. > :05:19.in. Two of the best keepers in the world. Let's see who is best at

:05:20. > :05:22.penalties. It's also about the information they get before

:05:23. > :05:29.penalties. They should know exactly where the opponent will be trying to

:05:30. > :05:35.put the ball. There is also something I wanted to add about

:05:36. > :05:39.taking penalties. Always have respect for the man who takes it.

:05:40. > :05:42.The one who misses it is the one whose image you keep in your head

:05:43. > :05:47.but not a lot of people know that when you are in the huddle,

:05:48. > :05:54.sometimes you have a lot of players who say they don't want it.

:05:55. > :05:58.Sometimes you want to have a go at them, go and take it, you can miss

:05:59. > :06:02.it, no problem. I will admire anybody who takes a penalty. They

:06:03. > :06:06.will be taken in front of the Italian supporters, is that an

:06:07. > :06:12.advantage? If you are a penalty taker on a regular basis, you will

:06:13. > :06:17.have studied the other goalkeeper to see which way he dives, to see if he

:06:18. > :06:23.has done anything on a regular basis, going to the left or the

:06:24. > :06:28.right. You should know that if you are a regular penalty taker. It is

:06:29. > :06:33.squeaky bum time, isn't it? It really is. Looks like Neuer is

:06:34. > :06:37.walking towards the goal first although Buffon is right behind him,

:06:38. > :06:41.so I don't know who's going to take the first. The Italians have the

:06:42. > :06:49.ball, so it's all yours, Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR: Thanks, Gary.

:06:50. > :06:53.Stepping up first, it is the substitute, Insigne. He hasn't been

:06:54. > :06:59.on the field for very long. Clearly he was brought on with this in mind.

:07:00. > :07:01.Ditto Zaza, coming on in the dying seconds of extra time. Interesting

:07:02. > :07:06.that Germany have a substitute, among them Podolski, one of the

:07:07. > :07:15.scorers in their last penalty shoot out, in the 2006 World Cup shoot out

:07:16. > :07:20.against Argentina. Neuer will be looking to try and preserve

:07:21. > :07:23.Germany's record from here on in. So, Insigne against Neuer. The first

:07:24. > :07:34.kick for Italy. Maybe that's why he was brought on

:07:35. > :07:44.because it never looked in doubt. A very cool penalty. The size of Neuer

:07:45. > :07:47.in the goal. He just tucked it away. The Italian fans behind the goal,

:07:48. > :08:01.making this very difficult for the Germans. Toni Kroos of Real Madrid.

:08:02. > :08:06.Against Buffon, who in Italy's last shoot out three years ago saved

:08:07. > :08:13.three of Uruguay's five. Here comes Kroos. And he puts it just where

:08:14. > :08:18.Buffon can't reach it. Very nicely taken excess back. Beautifully

:08:19. > :08:28.placed into the corner -- very nicely taken excess back. Look at

:08:29. > :08:32.the weight on it. -- nicely taken too. And the Italian late

:08:33. > :08:34.substitute. Did he take the ball after coming on the field? This will

:08:35. > :08:51.be his first touch. Zaza. And he's blazed it is, after an

:08:52. > :08:56.exaggerated run-up. To Kim ages to hit the ball and it hasn't come down

:08:57. > :09:06.yad! -- it took him ages. Hasn't come down yet. He skies it. Said it

:09:07. > :09:17.was tactical to bring him on, but he got that one wrong. Muller. Germany

:09:18. > :09:26.have scored 22 in a row in penalty shoot outs. Muller, saved by Buffon!

:09:27. > :09:34.It stays all square. Muller, the first person to miss the Germany in

:09:35. > :09:42.a penalty shoot out since 1982. Muller there, taking liberties, look

:09:43. > :09:48.at -- looking at the goalkeeper. A great save from Buffon, using all of

:09:49. > :09:53.his experience. Barzagli. You said he would be taking one, Martin.

:09:54. > :10:05.Another cool defender, from Juventus. And Barzagli very neatly

:10:06. > :10:10.puts it into the back of the net. You need a strong mind in these

:10:11. > :10:16.situations. Up steps the experienced defender, straight down the middle.

:10:17. > :10:21.Big jump from Neuer, but nowhere near it. Germany, certainly

:10:22. > :10:30.frontloading. Mesut Ozil is coming next. All of the big hitters taking

:10:31. > :10:41.the chance to walk up to the spot. Mesut Ozil. He scored a penalty

:10:42. > :10:45.against Italy at the end of March. Oh, and the pressure is too much

:10:46. > :10:53.this time and suddenly, Germany, after 22 in a row have missed two in

:10:54. > :10:56.a row! Ozil gives the goalkeeper the eyes. He hit it the other way. That

:10:57. > :11:12.was a terrible miss. Pelle, for Italy. I wonder if he's

:11:13. > :11:23.going to go for power? He's telling Neuer what he's going to do with it.

:11:24. > :11:30.Oh, Pelle drag it tamely wide. The tiredness is coming to the fore

:11:31. > :11:34.here. I think that the hand of pressure has reached out and grabbed

:11:35. > :11:42.him around the throat. Look at this. He has to be hitting the target with

:11:43. > :11:49.that. Draxler, to try and level it again. Didn't do very well when he

:11:50. > :11:58.came on, did he? That won't matter at all. If he scores this. And he

:11:59. > :12:05.does. Emphatically so. 2-2, sudden death now.

:12:06. > :12:16.Look at that, he picked his spot, perfect pen. Two goalkeepers

:12:17. > :12:19.wouldn't have saved that. Now, Bonucci, who scored the penalty that

:12:20. > :12:27.took us to extra time and led to this shoot out. In the Confederation

:12:28. > :12:32.cup there was a shoot out and Italy lost, against Spain in the

:12:33. > :12:38.semifinals, and blue Cheek missed. He's scored one already tonight --

:12:39. > :12:44.and Bonucci missed. And he can't score another! It is the big hand of

:12:45. > :12:53.Neuer and Germany, one click away from winning it. He goes for the

:12:54. > :13:00.opposite corner to the first one. Neuer, guessing perfectly well.

:13:01. > :13:07.Great goalkeeping. Swinging backwards and forwards here. There

:13:08. > :13:09.might only be one more trick of the Baltic Knight. Bastian

:13:10. > :13:17.Schweinsteiger to try and preserve this remarkable Germany record --

:13:18. > :13:26.one more kick of the ball tonight. It's the captain, the Germany. And

:13:27. > :13:32.he has put it high! There's no end to this. The penalty shoot out is

:13:33. > :13:38.disintegrating in terms of quality strikes. Well, you can't believe it,

:13:39. > :13:48.a player of his quality. Nobody seems to want to win it. 2-2 after

:13:49. > :13:54.five. Giaccherini, the next to make the long walk. Italy were only one

:13:55. > :14:04.click away from crashing out of Euro 2016. -- one kick. Has he got the

:14:05. > :14:11.energy in his legs? He has run and run and Giaccherini scores. He had

:14:12. > :14:16.enough left. Now it's Italy who are one click away from reaching the

:14:17. > :14:21.last four. If you are Neuer, you are better off going down the middle.

:14:22. > :14:27.Such an athletic jump. Buffon seems to stand up a little bit longer.

:14:28. > :14:45.Hummels to keep Germany alive. And Hummels beating Buffon, who got

:14:46. > :14:56.a hand to it, but not enough to keep it out. 3-3. It's a good penalty.

:14:57. > :15:09.Under severe pressure, Hummels. Again, he picks his spot and Buffon

:15:10. > :15:13.isn't able to get there. Parolo. Neuer's name is blooming out from

:15:14. > :15:17.the other end of the ground. Parolo goes down the middle as well. I

:15:18. > :15:24.think they've worked out that Neuer is only diving to the right. Here he

:15:25. > :15:37.goes again, the keeper. Straight down the middle. Kimmich walking up

:15:38. > :15:44.next the Germany. Time for the young man to really come of age. 21 years

:15:45. > :15:47.old. A Bayern Munich prospect. Pep Guardiola has said that he loves

:15:48. > :15:53.this boy. He looks very young, doesn't he? Kimmich, inexperience,

:15:54. > :15:59.against Buffon, who has seen and done it all. Pete scored right in

:16:00. > :16:05.the bottom corner, nerves of steel! -- he scored. Fantastic from the

:16:06. > :16:17.young man. What a great penalty, he knows exactly what he's doing, he

:16:18. > :16:27.picks his spot. A player from the town of Rottweil and he has beaten

:16:28. > :16:32.back. De Sciglio. From Milan. De Sciglio missed against Uruguay three

:16:33. > :16:39.years ago in the confederations Cap. Neuer is trying to put him off. And

:16:40. > :16:44.De Sciglio scores. But his heart must have skipped a beat when it hit

:16:45. > :16:51.the crossbar on its way. He has absolutely thumped that, look at it

:16:52. > :16:56.rising. Just makes it in. The pressure goes back onto Germany.

:16:57. > :17:02.Jerome Boateng, whose handball took us here in a roundabout way. He has

:17:03. > :17:13.the pressure of Germany on his shoulders. You can feel the pressure

:17:14. > :17:18.now. All around me. Voting. Beating Buffon. Nobody is missing now. A

:17:19. > :17:24.poor start to the penalty shoot out, but now it's like a shooting gallery

:17:25. > :17:35.and they are all going in. Voting showed real nerves of steel there.

:17:36. > :17:44.-- Boateng. Now it is Darmian. Another who left the bench for Italy

:17:45. > :17:52.during the game. Has he worked out the Neuer way? No! He went low and

:17:53. > :17:58.Neuer diet low and saved it and Germany are nearly there once more.

:17:59. > :18:11.Brilliant from Neuer. He's outfoxed him. Just a little step to the right

:18:12. > :18:15.and then he went left. Hector steps up. A man who's had a phenomenal

:18:16. > :18:21.rise to the Bundesliga, playing in the lower leagues. Only two years in

:18:22. > :18:24.the FC Cologne first team and now on the biggest stage of all, to take

:18:25. > :18:34.Germany through, and he's done it by blasting it through Buffon. Sending

:18:35. > :18:41.Germany through to the semifinals of the European Championship. It might

:18:42. > :18:47.go down as their worst penalty shoot out ever, but they still found a way

:18:48. > :18:56.to win it. And the heartbreak is all with Italy. Germany, on penalties.

:18:57. > :19:02.It's always Germany. They are one step closer to what would be a

:19:03. > :19:12.fourth European Championship crown. 20 years on from Euro 96, they are

:19:13. > :19:20.closer to fussball coming home again. Germany winning on penalties,

:19:21. > :19:28.we've heard that before. You just knew he was going to put it in. Full

:19:29. > :19:34.of confidence. Look what it means to them. Nobody wants to win a game of

:19:35. > :19:41.football that way, but they'll take it. Gallant effort. Just going under

:19:42. > :19:44.Buffon's body. Just had enough on it. Agonising. They always find a

:19:45. > :19:57.way. STUDIO: The celebrations for the

:19:58. > :20:00.winning penalty. Well, Germany have done it again, haven't they? Another

:20:01. > :20:06.penalty shoot out victory, they go through to the semifinals and will

:20:07. > :20:12.face either France or Iceland. Even when they start missing penalties,

:20:13. > :20:16.they still win the shoot out! Is the first time that Germany have ever

:20:17. > :20:20.beaten Italy in a major tournament. A tough one to take for you, Jan

:20:21. > :20:23.Luker. A tough one but still I think we should be proud because of how we

:20:24. > :20:39.played -- Jan Luker -- Jan Luker it is cool but we have to accept it.

:20:40. > :20:43.It's a pity. Some of those penalties were the worst I've ever seen and

:20:44. > :20:48.the run ups, what on earth, it was incredible. Dancing in front of the

:20:49. > :20:51.ball, Pelle telling the goalkeeper he was going to think it rather than

:20:52. > :20:56.concentrating on what he was going to do. Tears were Buffon,

:20:57. > :21:00.understandably, he got so close to a couple and couldn't save them --

:21:01. > :21:07.tears for Buffon. Pressure makes things that -- makes you do things

:21:08. > :21:12.you wouldn't normally do. Like Alan said, we saw some of the worst

:21:13. > :21:19.penalties in the history of the shoot out. But Neuer, we have to

:21:20. > :21:23.give him credit, he stopped two. He showed all of the game why he's the

:21:24. > :21:29.best in the world and also in the penalty shoot out. We saw some

:21:30. > :21:32.atrocious penalties. It must be complicated when you see the

:21:33. > :21:40.goalkeeper like Buffon and Neuer. They are so big. They make the goal

:21:41. > :21:44.looked so small. Understandable, a lot of pressure. Great goalkeepers,

:21:45. > :21:49.not an easy task to take them. Not at all. In the end, somebody always

:21:50. > :21:53.gets the blame, somebody must miss for somebody else to go through and

:21:54. > :21:59.it was Darmian who missed the fatal one, wasn't it? A good save. Similar

:22:00. > :22:06.to the winning one that just went under Buffon. It's always a matter

:22:07. > :22:17.of inches, details. You always remember the one of Darmian but if

:22:18. > :22:20.I'm Italian, I will think of the run-up of Pelle, telling the

:22:21. > :22:28.goalkeeper what he's going to do. It is adding pressure to yourself. You

:22:29. > :22:33.already have enough on you. Not a lot of power. The others were pretty

:22:34. > :22:39.poor. Well, Germany, France possibly in the semifinal. We aren't there

:22:40. > :22:43.yet! Let's play that game, let's try and win it: massive respect for

:22:44. > :22:52.Iceland, let's see tomorrow. We just about have time. Thank you, Luca.

:22:53. > :22:57.Commiserations. Germany have done it again. Goodbye. COMMENTATOR: The

:22:58. > :23:22.same theme of Italy winning. Germany find a way through. It's a

:23:23. > :23:27.penalty for Italy. And it's game on in Bordeaux. Penalties coming.

:23:28. > :23:28.Germany